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Far north. Today. Its going to be a fine picture, plenty of blue skies and even warmer than yesterday. Ill have all the details coming up. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon , and im ellie Stephen Dixon, and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. On gb news. All right. What have you got for me this morning . Oh, i found something very good. Right. And apparently loads of insult are at risk of dying out. Great british insults. You cant let insults die out. No, they are there. They are there. Theyre endangered. Theres only endangered list. Is it that pesky gen z . Is it that pesky gen z . Yes. Well, gen z, depending on how you pronounce it, which is those born from 1997 to 2011. So they use jibes such as karen, you might have heard that to be called a karen. Yeah, but thats really insulting to people called karen. My mother in laws called karen. Oh, there you go. It means youre entitled and overdemanding. Oh, is what karen means irony there. So apparently people are using jibes such as karen rather than things that now need to be careful about things that i can actually say on air. Lummox. Oh, 62 of gen z. Gen z dont know what lummox means. No, its going out of fashion. Its going out of fashion. Yes, blighter. 54 were not familiar. Sabaan part. Sabaan part. Sabaan part. Whats a bam part . Whats a bam part . Well, he says bam. Really . Well, he says bam. Really . Well, he says bam. Really . Bam. Pot. Bam. Pot. Its like an idiot. Its like an idiot. Oh. Is it . Yeah okay, a drip, i quite like drip. Im sad about that. I quite like drip. Im sad about that. Scallywag. Thats a good that. Scallywag. Thats a good one. A 26 were familiar. So thats really going downhill and numpty 22 were familiar and plonker. So its all going out of fashion. Of fashion. Theyve all got pictures of del boy everywhere and all the papers because plonk is going out of fashion as well. Are you allowed to say that on air . Weve just done that. Okay plonker, or tosspot. I remember saying the p word at home and i got told off. Well plonker. Well plonker. Yeah. Yeah. When i was growing up my mum used to shout at me for that one. The used to shout at me for that one. The same plant i like. Thats a bad one. Yeah, thats a bad word. Thats a bad one. Toerag thats another good one. Toerag thats another good one. 34 all on the endangered list. Cad half the people dont know what what being a cad is. I dont know what being a cad is. Its like, oh, how would you describe how would you describe cad . Its like, tends to be associated with like, posher people. Oh, right. Who sort of a bit of a scallywag, you know, and the a bit of a sneaky devil. Oh, right. Okay. So do you use any of these . Yeah. What would you use . Scallywag i see. Scallywag i see. Are you saying that id say plonker and tosspot would you than anything else. Yeah are you being a right tosspot . Oh, i wouldnt use any of them, no. Numpty id use get is out is going out, nitwit. Yeah, id use that. Toerag yeah, that seems a bit rude, but do let us know if youre using. Oh, thats the thats the line, is it . Director . The big red line. Let us know if youre using any of those or if youve got your own words to say. Yes. Yes. I dont know quite how thats an insult. Were going to have to be very careful how we monitor these. Yes but if youve got anything that we can read out and gb news, wed love to hear it. Thats your say exactly. You know, keep it nice. Keep it light, keep it pg. Anyway, 6 am. Anyway, 6 am. Yeah, you may want to use some of them about, oh, i will add into that labour leader sir keir starmer, facing a backlash from his party this morning. From his party this morning. Yes, this comes after the dover mp, Natalie Elphicke, announced her decision to defect to the opposition just two minutes before Prime Ministers questions yesterday. Questions yesterday. Well, many labour mps have said sir keir wrongly welcomed an mp thats called for a crackdown on immigration and openly supported the rwanda scheme, while Deputy Editor of spiked online. Fraser myers joins us now. To good see you fraser. Good morning. This is a shocking defection isnt it. It is. I dont think anyone would have had this on their bingo cards. I mean, anyone who knows anything about Natalie Elphicke will know that shes firmly on the right of the conservative party, not like some of the other labour mps who might have defected, who are a bit more centrist, a bit more on Keir Starmers wavelength , so Keir Starmers wavelength, so its not surprising theres been a huge backlash within the labour party. I mean, people have said, you know, sort of people among the labour party have said that shes vile , have said that shes vile, theyve asked, are we going to get nigel farage defecting to us next year . Perhaps, you know, youll get a Suella Braverman over moving over to labour. I mean, obviously this raises questions about both the tories and labour. In a sense. You and labour. In a sense. You know, she was saying essentially shes defected over immigration. She so, so she, she thinks the tories arent doing enough on immigration. So do you think labour will do a betterjob when so do you think labour will do a better job when they, theyre not even meeting the standards that the tories have set . Well, exactly. This is this is whats so bizarre about it. I mean, only a year ago, she was saying that keir starmer wants an open border. They cant be trusted on immigration. Now shes saying i trust keir starmer more than rishi sunak. So its obviously you know, this is a significant blow to rishi sunak because she is the mp for doveh sunak because she is the mp for dover. Thats on the front line of the small boats crisis. So her saying that hes not doing a good enough job is significant. But then , you know, you have to but then, you know, you have to ask questions about Starmers Party. You know, the perennial question what does labour stand for . You know, its fine to have a broad church in politics, but if the church is so broad that it encompasses and welcomes people who are, you know , take people who are, you know, take a completely different policy position on immigration, on a key electoral issue to you, then is there any point to Starmers Party . Whats your view on whats really happening here . Do you think this is about immigration . Do you think this is Natalie Elphicke taking a stance or do you think shes trying to damage rishi sunak because shes even said she wants to stand down at the next general election . So this isnt about keeping her seat or is there a peerage in this, well, apparently she hasnt been offered a job or a peerage or anything like that, you know, we wait and see. I think, you know, theres obviously an element of opportunism , opportunism here. Opportunism, opportunism here. Its definitely generated headunes. Its definitely generated headlines. If the aim was to headlines. If the aim was to damage rishi sunak, then she has succeeded. Shes also ended up succeeded. Shes also ended up damaging keir starmer quite significantly. I mean, i dont significantly. I mean, i dont know whether this will cut through to the public because people might just have seen the headline, you know, dover mp defects because sunak is rubbish on immigration. Yeah, but certainly among the labour ranks its damaged starmer standing. Yeah i just i find it very difficult. I mean a bit like that i when i first saw the headline, but then when you realise who it is, i mean i cant think someones quoted some tory mps quoted saying if theres an mp to the right of Natalie Elphicke, i dont know who they are. Who they are. Yeah. And its also strange because, you know, starmer has tried to present the labour party as kind of whiter than white, were not corrupt , sleazy white, were not corrupt, sleazy like the tories, but this is a woman who essentially took her seat after her husband was suspended over rape allegations. He was later convicted. And then he was later convicted. And then she has defended him and defended his protested his innocence even after his guilt, he said that hes just an attractive man, so hes an easy person. Hes you can see why people would he would be an easy target for false allegations and things like that. So this is, you know, even divorced him. And then she divorced him. But you could say that shes not even a particularly, you know, kind of an unsavoury character, not a particularly upstanding , an unsavoury character, not a particularly upstanding, mp, an unsavoury character, not a particularly upstanding , mp, not particularly upstanding, mp, not completely whiter than white in the way that keir starmer wants to portray his party. So again, that just raises yet more questions as to what were they thinking in accepting her into the fold. I think again , it just the fold. I think again, it just suggests that there is really a void at the heart of Starmers Labour Party that it doesnt really stand for anything. Really stand for anything. Perhaps this week, you know, they want to say that, you know , they want to say that, you know, they want to say that, you know, they theyre aware that theyre not doing that well on immigration or not persuading the public on immigration. They think this is a way of doing it. See, what i dont understand with this is why i mean, she if shes so unhappy with the conservative party and, and shes nowhere near the labour party politically, then why didnt you you could say, well, im leaving the party. Im going to be an independent until the end of the term. Why would she make the point of saying, im going to defect to labour . Or she could have joined reform, or she could have joined reform, or she could have gone to reform, and there would have been a better fit that would that would really seem like the, the logical decision for her. I think we are all going to be scratching our heads, i think until until the next election, until until the next election, until we can work out, until we see if theres perhaps some offer , maybe, as you say, of a offer, maybe, as you say, of a peerage of a job. Theres been some suggestion, actually, that she might be doing doing some advice for labour on housing. Thats the only area where there seems to be some agreement. Shes worried about the housing crisis, but then who isnt. Are crisis, but then who isnt. Are you surprised that labour have accepted her . Yes. I think that is. Thats probably the biggest shock. You know , what is keir starmer know, what is keir starmer thinking . Whats going through his head again . I think opportunism sees the quick headline, thinks this will get me a good few days in the press, but then again has it, you know, it seems to be most of the headunes it seems to be most of the headlines today are very negative, very, you know, very much focusing on, the labour mps response to this very negative response to this very negative response to this very negative response to this. I mean, if she got a peerage either after the next election or even sort of 12 months down the line after that, it would just be seen as utterly corrupt, wouldnt it . I think completely. And then, you know, why would she vote . Would she really be voting with which she really be voting with the labour whip . You know, when they come to scrap the rwanda policy, for instance, when they come into government as they, as theyre promising to, which would she vote with them or would she vote with them or would she vote against . I mean, it just the whole thing makes very little sense. It makes no sense on a it makes no sense on a level of principle. I think it might make sense on a level of personal opportunities and opportunism. And that doesnt say anything good for our politics. No it doesnt, fraser, thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much. Later oii. On. Well, let us know what you think about that. I was very surprised when i saw it yesterday. Yeah, i was surprised, as fraser was saying, why not defect to reform . At least that would be an understandable move. Its much closer to what she has always claimed to believe in. Yeah, you just imagine its going to be very, very awkward. Shes called sir keir starmer softy before shes criticised labour policy, saying its an open door policy and i was reading this morning Rachel Reeves at one point. Oh yes. Did you see that . Yes. F off over her criticism of Marcus Rashford. So you can imagine its going to be a little bit awkward now that theyre colleagues. But i would i mean, we were talking to labour later on this morning. We want to know what is sir keir thinking. He would have beenin sir keir thinking. He would have been in a stronger position to say thanks but no thanks. Yeah. Say thanks but no thanks. Yeah. To her. And they could have leaked that, that she was wanting to defect to them. Yeah. Yeah. And but they turned her down. I just its extraordinary. And that might have looked better. Do let us know what you think. Really interesting to know what you think about that. Gbnews. Com yoursay. Now, the duke of sussex attended the Invictus Games anniversary, but just miles away from king charles, who held his First Garden Party of the year yesterday. Well, during the dukes whistle stop tour of the uk, the king reportedly wont meet his son due to a busy schedule. Well, thats not to say harry hasnt been supported by family members. Princess by family members. Princess dianas relatives were all in attendance at yesterdays service. Well, a historian and licensed lay minister for the church of england, martin whittock, joins us now. Good to see you this morning, martin. I think the daily mail actually summarised this perfectly on the front page. The royal rift just two miles away from each other, but worlds apart. The king and prince harry. Yes. Yeah i calculated 2. 6 miles or 15 minutes by car, maybe 20 minutes if the traffics a bit slow. From saint paups traffics a bit slow. From saint pauls cathedral to Buckingham Palace. And whilst they couldnt have been at the same things yesterday because obviously they were committed to his engagements, it would, one would have thought, been theoretically possible for them to have for met a coffee in the morning. Its a difficult situation. Clearly the king is returning to royal duties carefully , he royal duties carefully, he hasnt got a full programme. Nevertheless they were in london both on tuesday evening and yesterday. Yesterday for the garden party, for the king in the afternoon and for the 10th anniversary of Invictus Games at the saint pauls cathedral in the saint pauls cathedral in the evening, for the duke of sussex, for prince harry. They were very, very close. And it does seem clear there is something indicative of the relationship that they have not met, particularly when we know that next monday, may the 13th, the king will be with Prince William in a formal ceremony when the king will hand over the role of colonel in chief for the Army Air Corps to the prince of wales. So clearly the king is at the moment seeing his other son, albeit on very specific occasions, but he did not see harry yesterday, and he hasnt seen harry, i believe, since february , when harry appeared february, when harry appeared very briefly in the uk, around the time of the kings, cancer diagnosis. So its difficult to read this as anything but indicative of the division of the royal family at the moment, which is very sad. Well, it is sad. What seems unusual with this , i mean, as unusual with this, i mean, as its being reported, is that it is the king snubbing prince harry when we have been told all the way throughout that he wants to build bridges with his son. Yes, this is interesting. The spokesperson of the duke of sussex said the following in response to the many inquiries and continued speculation on whether or not the duke will meet with his father while in the uk this week, it unfortunately will not be possible due to his majestys full program, so it does seem clear that there were moves from prince harrys side to see him. But Buckingham Palace said no, and the statement went on to say the duke, of course, is understanding of his fathers diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon. So it really does seem clear that there was a reaching out from the comms team, the team around harry, but it looks like Buckingham Palace, on behalf of the king, said no. And harry is also not expected to meet the prince or princess of wales, who is also being treated for cancer. And the time is running out now because today, thursday, may the ninth, he leaves the uk to meet meghan in nigeria. Theyre invited in nigeria. Theyre invited there by nigerias chief of Defence Staff after they met at the Invictus Games held last yearin the Invictus Games held last year in germany. So, having year in germany. So, having flown in on tuesday, he flies out today. He flown in on tuesday, he flies out today. He will not flown in on tuesday, he flies out today. He will not have seen out today. He will not have seen the king or other members of the very close family. Although, as you say, he has met people on his mothers side. But prince harry did have family there yesterday, didnt he . The spencers joined him at saint pauls. Yes, that is noteworthy. Clearly there is still connection and communication between the duke and his mothers side of the family, but it does seem to have broken down spectacularly now, as weve seen in the past with regard to relationships with his fathers side of the family. Now, many will say that the duke of sussex has created this situation , but has created this situation, but it is quite clear it is now ongoing , and the rift does seem ongoing, and the rift does seem to be driven from both sides , it to be driven from both sides, it would appear, albeit many would say, that harry and meghan have actually created the situation. Its interesting last night that in the Service Harry read from new testament letter to the corinthians, speaking of many people having different gifts and strengths. And another reading from the Old Testament was from the prophet isaiah, and it talked of stopping the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil in the context of the apparent royal rift, the call to stop recrimination and instead seek reconciliation seems very poignant. Instead seek reconciliation seems very poignant. And i do seems very poignant. And i do think that in many ways the stopping of recrimination and the seeking of reconciliation does lie mostly on harrys side after what he and meghan have done. But it does look as if the problem is on both sides now, because of that damage. Very, very sad. Yeah, it is very sad. Martin good to see you. Good to see you too. Thanks for having me on the show. Have a good day. You too. Thank you very much indeed. I do feel sorry about that. And part of me, i have to say, thinks as the father, they should take time. What what what should take time. What what what i dont understand with this. And martins quite right to say. Well, the com teams will have reached out to each other and they havent been able to make it work. Why is harry not texting or calling. Is that. Yeah. Is that. Yeah. The king will have a mobile phone. Do you think he will . Of course he will. Yeah. Will he. Yeah, i dont know. And harrys obviously got a mobile. Its like why, why have they not do they not just communicate directly. Why do they have to get their people to do it. You just think two miles apart when prince harry is based in california, you just be like, should we meet for a coffee . You you would just meet pop in for a tea or something . Its very sad. Very sad. Well, its just a sign, isnt it . I think of how divided things are at the moment. Let us know what you think about that gb news. Com usa. Right. Lets have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom this morning. And lord cameron is to warn that we must be tougher on russia and china today. In a Foreign Policy speech at the National Cyber Security Centre , National Cyber Security Centre, he will call for the uk and its allies to have a harder edge for allies to have a harder edge for a tougher world. He will add that the uk must be more assertive against threats from the two nations. Experts have warned that medicine supply issues are on the rise, and patients are having to play pharmacy bingo to get their vital medication, according to Community Pharmacy england , people are travelling england, people are travelling from shop to shop to find their treatments and treatment for diabetes. Type two thatll be adhd and epilepsy are just some of the medicines affected. Israel is to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest amid protests against their involvement due to the war in gaza. Their entrant will to take the stage at the second semi final in malmo, sweden , semi final in malmo, sweden, this evening. Earlier this week, the singer said she could not have asked for a better year to be representing the country. It shouldnt be politics in eurovision. Youve just got its about the music, i know, but there is, isnt there . This is the thing. They make a stand saying its not going to be political and it always is. Year after year, isnt it . Yeah. Yeah. I just let them get on with it. I know its meant to be all about unity. The competition supposedly. So just get on with it. Mind you, i had because i hadnt heard ive got my favourite, but ihadnt heard ive got my favourite, but i hadnt heard the uk entrant, of all things Olly Alexander is it . Oh its awful. Oh its awful. Is it awful . Is it awful . Yeah. Oh, no. Oh, its just yeah. Oh, no. Oh, its just awful. Its just one of those songs you hear and just go, well, that isnt going to win. Oh no, its not a bop. No, stevens really enters eurovision. And we, we spoke to in eurovision. We spoke to jay eurovision. We spoke to jay aston from bucks fizz and nikki french as well on tuesday. And both of them just went yeah its not the best song. And normally you talk to anyone whos represented the uk and they go , represented the uk and they go, well even if its awful, they 90, well even if its awful, they go, yeah, youve got to back the uk, its going to be great. And they both went, no , oh, oh, its they both went, no, oh, oh, its not looking good. So its no. Not looking good. So its no. So whos your money on then this year. Well i havent heard them all. This is a problem. But i mean i keep saying the swedish entry because its in sweden, because sweden won last year and sweden always wins, its a really good little boppy tune. Bop it. Yeah. So there you go. Have you played it the other day . I day . I did, you werent impressed, actually, were you . I wasnt really, no, but eurovision isnt really for me, but im glad its for you. And im glad you enjoy it. Simon makes a great point. Israel and australia arent even in europe. And theyre in eurovision. Yes. Yes. You dont have to be. Yeah you dont have to be. Yeah, i dont know. Yeah, i dont know. Its all a bit odd. Its all a bit odd. Its all a bit odd. I know its a bit odd. I know its a bit odd. And weve been talking about insults this morning. Joe, what is actually the front page of the star. He noticed that the younger generation, arent liking certain words and maybe i shouldnt say that one on there, lots of you getting in touch saying. Wow, 30 or 40 insults in the first five minutes of being on air. You dont get this on the bbc. Thats very true, and then somebody else has been in touch saying that they hope wally goes out of fashion. Wally goes out of fashion. Oh, wally. Oh, wally. Yeah. Yeah. We used to get in the right wally time at school. Oh, dont mind wally. Oh, dont mind wally. Oh, dont mind wally. Yeah, yeah, my dad used to call, you know, the boxes on top of the car. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He just called them a wally box. She looked like a wally. Oh what are they actually called . I dont know, those things. I dont know, i dont know. Back in my day, it was just roof racks. You just had to strap it down with rope. These fancy boxes , anyway, there you go. Boxes, anyway, there you go. Anyway, trip down memory lane. Do keep them coming in on insults youd like to see go out of style. Or if youre still using them actually at gbnews. Com yoursay all right, okay. The Citizens Air Raid Memorial Service has been held in hull. It honours more than 1200 civilians who died in the city during world war two. Yes, hull suffered 82 air raids, making it the second most bombed city in england during three days between the seventh and the 9th of may 1941, it killed more than 400 people. Our yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story. Has the story. Hull, the uks second most bombed city during world war ii. It was targeted due to its strategic port. More than 1200 civilians lost their lives, 95 of hulls housing was damaged or destroyed. This week, a Citizens Air Raid Memorial Service paid tribute to those who died. We have separate celebrations and commemorations for those that fell in service during dunng that fell in service during during the military service, so this is more about the residents and the citizens of the whole city that were lost during the war. So its more importantly for them to remember that we were we were bombed heavily. There was many civilians, women, children, men all killed during the second world war. So it was important for that censorship meant the true extent of the devastation was largely unknown to people outside of hull until after the war. Its a massive part and its on the right side of the country , ready to go of the country, ready to go across to europe. So as far as that goes, hull was a massively important port at that time. The government of the time didnt want hull to be known as as the bombed city. So they were saying a Northern City to try and detract from the fact that it was actually hull that was bombed. They didnt want the germans to know or think how badly affected hull germ. An air raids killed 400 people in the hull blitz between the seventh and 9th of may in 1941. This service commemorated the 300 men, women and children buned the 300 men, women and children buried in unmarked graves in the citys northern cemetery. Citys northern cemetery. Were showing respect to those that did die and those that dont have, a named grave. So by doing this Small Service, everybody will know where they are buried. And its with are buried. And its with respect that we do it for them. I think a lot of civilians, paid the price because they were doing the Dangerous Things because the men were away in the war. So they were really looking after the country. You have to remember. Otherwise we probably remember. Otherwise we probably wouldnt be here today. You wouldnt be here today. You know, if the war had gone a different way, it could have been totally different. We remember before you now , we remember before you now, those whose lives were lost in the dark days of war from our city and family of kingston upon hull. For the civilians Emergency Service workers and armed forces that gave their lives for ours, we will remember them. Anna riley, gb news hull. Riley, gb news hull. Oh, quite right that that is all remembered , you know, really all remembered, you know, really important. I had no idea that it suffered so much during hull. No. No. Second most bombed city. Second most bombed city. No , no, i wasnt aware. No, no, i wasnt aware. No, no, i wasnt aware. I had no idea. I had no idea. So really important to talk about it. And quite right that theyre paying tribute today. So thank you very much, anna riley, for that report. And should we take a look at the weather . Well, i was just yes, we shall, but i was just going to say were not going to talk about eurovision anymore, are we . Not . Not . Why . Because you hate it. Oh, you absolutely hate it. Oh, right. Okay, so thats fine. But like me then. Yeah, a bit like you. So we wont mention it again. All right. But we will have a look at the weather with alex. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. There is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise its going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. There is quite a bit of cloud, and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine, sunny weather around, lots of blue skies. And in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. Temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. Theres a good chance that were going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius towards the south east and even further north, despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily. Getting into the high teens quite easily. Little change as quite easily. Little change as we go through this evening and overnight. Sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. Otherwise lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. So once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. It of mist and fog developing. It wont be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. Lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities, holding up in double figures. Again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning. And then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. Still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland, its going to be drier and brighter than today. Again, temperatures climbing a little bit further. So for many it may bit further. So for many it may even feel a bit warmer than today. Once more, ill see you again soon. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Now summer is just around the corner. Now summer is just around the corner. Didnt it feel it yesterday . Oh, it felt it was lovely and the day before that. Anyway, we want to make it sizzle for you this year with an incredible £20,000 in cash up for grabs in the very latest Great British giveaway. Yes, its our biggest cash prize to date and it could all be yours here. Heres how you could be a winner. The next Great British giveaway winner could be you with a massive £20,000 in tax free cash to be won. Imagine how youd react getting that winning call from us. 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How are you . Yeah. All right, all right. You enjoy the game. Yesterday i loved it. I know you did. Ellie. Were you there for the whole thing . Yes, yes, i mean, thankfully, thankfully, i am more real than dortmund. Are you 7 more real than dortmund. Are you . Yes. What about bayern . What about bayern . Because they were playing real last night, i like Bayern Munich. Bayern. Bayern. Theyve got harry kane. Theyve got harry kane. Theyve got harry kane. Good work. Absolutely. Harry kane, juice. Why . Well, its not my fault. Im not uefa. I never put the teams together. Who wrote that down . Ive misread it. Okay, i who wrote that down . Ive misread it. Okay, i misread it. I thought i was being clever. Who did you claim i claim . Who did you claim i claim . Well, i claim well, youre right, because dortmund are through to the final. So you are correct. So dortmund is who. Yeah they are. Real madrid will play because it was real madrid two, Bayern Munich one and ellie as you correctly said, harry kanes team and harry kane, who we love still all, the finest footballer, the finest striker in the world. This should have been the great moment for him because then to get to the Champions League final, because the bundesliga titles gone, theres no german cup hes gone over to win trophies, which he hasnt done at spurs. So we looked like there may be the Champions League, might be the thing. But anyway, i think Thomas Tuchel, who is the manager of Bayern Munich, has a lot to answer for because after 67 minutes, Alphonso Davies, whos canadian, scored an absolute screamer. Absolute brilliant goal for Bayern Munich. So then madrid had a goal disallowed and Thomas Tuchel then decided on an 85th 85 minutes, five minutes left of the game. Im going to take harry kane off a mistake. You dont take harry kane off and he took Jamal Musiala off as well. Oh, so takes them off replaces him and then things start turning bad for Bayern Munich. Real madrid score after 87 minutes and then they score the winner on the 90th minute. And the winner or this goal scorer was a man called joselo. Now just joselu. Joselu is 34 years just joselu. Joselu is 34 years old and he was like a reject from stoke and newcastle was playing espanyol and then signs on loan to real madrid, which is like the dream move because he supported them as a kid, finds himself at 34 towards the end of his career, playing at real madrid and ends up scoring two goals. That puts them through to the final so there we are, so by munich are gone and its going to be real madrid versus dortmund in the final of the Champions League. Very nice. Very nice. And andy murray set to return i never gives up does he. Never gives up does he. He doesnt give up. He doesnt give up. I think thats a good thing. I think thats a good thing. So do y absolutely. So do y absolutely. I think he should retire after the olympics as well. Yeah we know its going to win this year dont we . I think we probably all know that andy murray is going to retire this yeah murray is going to retire this year. So he had the bad ankle and had that injury at the miami open in march. It was like torn ligaments. I mean for a man of 54 is he 58, 59. Yeah. What is he, 3630. Yeah. What is he, 3630. Hes 37 next week. Hes 37 next week. Oh 3737 well, technically im right. Right. Well, so when we do the birthdays next week, remember that one . I do it all right. 37 i will remember 37. Yeah. 37 i will remember 37. Yeah. Do the birthday game. So andy murray then. So hes, hes he seems to have healed and he is now coming back. The french open happens at the end of the month. He signed up for the geneva open which is on may the 19th. So hell play in that which is a little warm up, french open on may the 26th. But obviously were looking at wimbledon and its early, said the. So you think the olympics is the time to. Yeah, wimbledon. Yeah, wimbledon. You said two things. Paris and wimbledon. Which comes first . France. Yes france. Yes all right. So wimbledon then after wimbledon. Yeah roland garros. So. So wimbledon. Oh sorry. You mean the olympics . Paris olympics. Yeah. The olympics will be after wimbledon. All right. Yeah. All right. Yeah. So after the olympics in his retire. Right. Right. But the thing is, whichever one comes last, whichever the last one is, thats when he does it. So a triple lock. So a triple lock. Yes. Yes. It comes last. It comes last. Yeah. So once he gets knocked out the first round of wimbledon, then when she gets knocked out the first. No, im sorry, im just kidding. Just kidding andy. So anyway, so thats thats how were looking. Hes okay. Hes going to play. On whether hes going to win anything. Hes a different matter. But were now looking okay for the summer again okay okay. Now lets talk about things which are formidable. Should we do the torch again. Should we do the torch again. Yeah. Yeah. Torch. Yeah. Yeah. Torch. Yes im im getting obsessed with the torch. Torch. Have you noficed with the torch. Torch. Have you noticed anything to do with the olympics . I cant help myself. Right, here we are, the blm. There it is. Wondered where you were going i thats emma thats the name of the ship. Oh, i see there we are. Oh, and theres the man there with the flame whos got off the blm, which is the nearly 200 year old ship. And as he walks, theyre holding the torch aloft. Holding the torch aloft. Its like a giant swan. Vesta. It is. Thats floral. Manadu whos just passed it to menton in kata. Whos a paralympian . In kata. Whos a paralympian . There she is, 400 metre champion. And you never think so. Come on, speed it up a little bit. I think milking it, if you ask me. And now walking there very slowly. Very carefully with it. Oh and now, now this is now that is not an olympian. That is a marseille born rapper. Yeah, i got that, jules. You can see that hes doing the kind rapid. Yeah. He looks he. Yeah. He looks he. Yeah. Yeah. More rapid swag to the. More rapid swag to the. Im a bit worried because hes waving his arms around so far it looks like he might set fire to himself. And you dont want that to happen. So there we are. Oh, now there is lighting. Oh, now there is lighting. Now thats the cauldron. Theres the cauldron. Why do they have to light a cauldron . There i dont really know, because the thing is, i think there we are not really going that cold, is it . For goodness sake, someone help him out use a lighter. He may be a great rapper, but hes a terrible lighter. There we are. Its a light. Hes very happy. Theres the cauldron in marseille, which will now be lit on. And the fireworks works. Fireworks in the daytime. Fireworks in the daytime. Fireworks in the daytime. Fireworks of the daytime. Always a no no for me. Know what you think . Know what you think . No, its not really working, is it . But yes, it just looks like the place is on fire, really, doesnt it . It looks just awful. So anyway, the torch relay will then happen from there. 400 towns and territories. Its like 10,000 people get to carry the torch. But if you see three of them to get from the belgium, to actually get to the, you know, there you go, everybody is it pretty much means everybody in france gets to hold the are good for them. It looks like a giant cigar. It looks like a giant cigar. It looks like a giant cigar. It does look like a giant cigar. Yeah. Or as they say in france, un grand cigar. Oh, very good, very good. Oh, very good, very good. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. See you later very much. I should be hosting eurovision, you know. Oh, actually you could, i think so. We dont mention eurovision. Were not allowed to talk about it anymore. Listeners hate it. Listeners hate it. Well, thats a mistake, surely. Do you like eurovision . I love your oh, dear. You too. Dear, dear, dear, do stay with us. Were going to be going through the papers next with Charlie Rowley and Scarlett Mccgwire. Thanks. Welcome back. Were going to go through the papers now, arent we . These are the front pages this morning at the times, says sir keir starmer, facing a backlash after accepting tory defector Natalie Elphicke. The express says that elphicke. The express says that troy defector Natalie Elphicke and sir keir starmer faced outrage from both sides of the house over their shameless political pact. The mail reports the chairman of the conservative party has warned that britain is at risk of being taken over by dangerous sectarian politics. The telegraph leads with David Cameron asking the eu to be tougher on russia, the guardian says. Scientists say Global Temperatures will rise to at least 2. 5 c above pre industrial levels this century. Well, joining us now to go through the papers this morning is Charlie Rowley and Scarlett Mccgwire. Good to see you both this morning. Good morning charlie. Lets start with you shall we . Natalie. Elphicke is on the front of most of the papers this morning. Whats going on . Whats going on . This is a story on which you both agree, by the way. Yeah, its a disgrace. Yeah, its a disgrace. Well, i think its funny anyway, charlie, you can go first. Well, you know, natalie , l well, you know, natalie, l fickle. I think we should be calling her because, you know, it is a ridiculous move because. And what frustrates me more than anything else is theyre trying to be nonpartisan. To be nonpartisan. Is that when there is an open goal to be scored by the labour party, they always seem to, miss it. And you know, this is an obvious one where Natalie Elphicke, who clearly has been, you know, berating sir keir starmer for months on end about immigration policy for not being able to stop the boats, not having an idea, all of us. Does anybody actually believe that this woman within the space of six months has changed her mind on on the fundamental policy that the Prime Minister has been purporting and her as a local mp, a kent mp in dover, someone a constituency that faces this issue more than any other. Do people actually believe her when she thinks that the labour party are going to do any better . Of course they do. Its backfired spectacularly for the labour party. Al fayed , yeah. I mean, one al fayed, yeah. I mean, one does wonder what shes been offered. Clearly not a seat because shes going to stand down, i will be very disappointed if i see her name going for the lords , because going for the lords, because also, if you put her in, as charlie says, shell just go back. Its very strange. So but, i mean, i do have to say that whenever a tory vie joins laboun whenever a tory vie joins labour, there is always outrage from the left because they go. But how can you possibly have him . And i was thinking, i mean, actually whats really weird is, is labour mps never defect to the tories. They set up their the tories. They set up their own party. I mean, they do all sorts of things. Im not saying always goes very well for them, very well, very well. They just they just behave like reform and destroy that the party that they used to be in. But but no, its a very weird thing. But, but but Rachel Reeves, who i always think of as a slightly, you know, serious person when Natalie Elphicke said that Marcus Rashford , who who didnt Marcus Rashford, who who didnt score a penalty in the euro finals , should sort of finals, should sort of concentrate more on his day job than than free school meals. Some of us, i have to say, think Marcus Rashford is rather wonderful and Rachel Reeves language will not be said on television. But i mean, it was. Television. But i mean, it was. Yeah, i know its all right. Im not going to get you an ofcom thing. But it was, it was quite interesting that that if you trawl through the things that have been said about Natalie Elphicke by labour people, they are not polite. No. Are not polite. No. Well on that, lets go to education secretary Gillian Keegan, who joins us now. Good to see you this morning. What are we to make of this defection on . Well, its baffling, isnt it . I think its sort of bewildering. Most people i think, i guess the views and the principles change very often. Principles change very often. Glad to see the back of her. Glad to see the back of her. I dont really know her, to be honest. Shes very much on the more of the right wing of the more of the right wing of the party. I mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and, big liz truss supporter, i believe. So, i dont really know her personally very well. I mean, whilst its disappointing to see colleagues go, this one does not look like a good fit. I mean , i think most people are mean, i think most people are very, very surprised. It seemed to come to a surprise to most mps. And yeah , it shows really a mps. And yeah, it shows really a real lack of principle and this ability to just shift positions , ability to just shift positions, very quickly, which, you know, were just getting on with delivering the job, you know, this, these sort of sort of political games or student politics will just, continue to go on. But the principles behind it, everyone will question, i mean, as you say , i think its mean, as you say, i think its baffling to many people. Shes the she, the mp for doveh shes the she, the mp for dover. Shes on the right wing of the party, the front line for, small boat crossings there in dover as well. Shes pro brexit , as you say, a big pro brexit, as you say, a big fan of liz truss. If you get fan of liz truss. If you get someone who is this true blue tory defecting to the labour party . Doesnt it just show that party . Doesnt it just show that your party is a sinking ship . Your party is a sinking ship . No, it shows something about the individual, not about no, it shows something about the individual , not about the the individual, not about the party. Its a very, very, odd decision, i guess. As you say, shes very much criticised. The labour party on many issues, but particularly on immigration and the fact they have no plan on immigration, i mean , she, she, immigration, i mean, she, she, she, you know, she, shes shell have to answer herself , i guess. Have to answer herself, i guess. But, how you can change your views that much. And, you know, theres many, many colleagues in kent, i think, who, who are really disappointed because they helped her a lot over many personal issues as well. So its disappointing. But, you know, her principles have shifted and i think, as Rosie Duffield said, at least one kent mp has managed to get a meeting with keir starmer, but its not her, look, in all of this though, i mean, i know youre going to say, well, its all down to her and people will have some sympathy with that. But what it does show is, is a government, a conservative party that does seem to be quite literally falling apart. And we literally falling apart. And we know, you know, parties that arent unified ed, generally speaking, dont win elections. And thats, that has got to be a concern. Youve got work to do. Well, it it is. Well, it it is. But actually, funnily enough, these kind of incidents do actually unite the party. I mean, you just saw you know, from our own benches, you know, absolute bafflement and, you know, and everybody thinking, you know, how can you do that . I mean, when you sign up for a Political Party, you sign up very much for the principles of the Political Party. And you know, what were doing right now is trying to deliver against those, you know, trying to make sure that, you know, we keep employment up. We deliver fantastic educational outcomes. You know, we try and sort of stop the boats and get inflation down. All of those things. We are we have plans. Were delivering. Theyre not easy. Delivering. Theyre not easy. Every single thing that were trying to tackle is really difficult. So we just have to get on with delivering those. And you know, and, and stick to our principles and stick to our approach of delivering that. And thats what were going to do. But i think it really is a question when youve got somebody, i mean, voters will not know what theyre voting for. I mean, keir starmer has already had more positions than the kamasutra , right . I mean, he the kamasutra, right . I mean, he changes his mind literally 180 degrees on pretty much everything. And now now, you know, his partys broad church is, is, is broader than any weve ever seen. We saw down poulter, didnt we, doctor dan poulter leave the tory party last week. Natalie elphicke this week. Thats two defections in two weeks. And the papers today suggesting more defections expected. Is that something that youre hearing . Something that youre hearing . Well, i havent heard that , well, i havent heard that, but i also didnt hear about these two either, its clearly a targeted approach. I mean, theyve clearly been trying to identify, people. I guess, but i dont know. I mean, you know, to me, its unprincipled. It shows that we stick with policy. They should try and get some policies and some plans on things instead of playing these games, because i dont think they really help the voters to decide or to understand what they are about. And as Everybody Knows, you know, the election will be coming up later this year. But as Everybody Knows , the country as Everybody Knows, the country is actually waiting to hear plans and it wants to hear plans, it wants to have something positive to vote for. Were getting on with showing we can deliver. And also well have those positive plans. Its been terms of delivering. I mean, one, one of the issues youre launching today is about special Educational Needs and disabilities for and those specialised places. Its only last week we were hearing that sends students werent getting the opportunities they needed because there werent enough teaching assistants to help provide that support in the classroom. And now youre saying, oh, were going to throw more money at it. The there may be people who look at that a little bit cynically. Little bit cynically. Well, we have 59,600 more teaching assistants in our schools than we had in 2010. So there are a lot of teaching assistants, as i say, nearly 60,000 more than we had in 2010. And what we know with special Educational Needs is there has been a large increase in special Educational Needs, largely because we know more and we, you know, we know how to put strategies in place to help children overcome them. But what were trying to do is to, is to keep up with the demand for places. So were building and expanding by 60,000 more places across the uk, across england. Across the uk, across england. And if you contrast that with the labour party in the last government, they actually reduce the number of people in with specialised School Places by about 4000. So weve been catching up from that and then obviously making sure that we keep up with demand. But in terms of teaching assistants, we have 59,600 more teaching assistants than we had in 2010. And 27,000 more teachers in our schools. Okay. Schools. Okay. Education secretary Gillian Keegan, good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Morning. Thank you very much indeed. Scarlett, what do you indeed. Scarlett, what do you think . Think . Well, obviously, whoever defects, you have to say that, but i mean , i did think, well, but i mean, i did think, well, actually, though, its a fair to be fair, youre quite right. However, under these circumstances or these circumstances or these circumstances. Circumstances. But as you said, it is two. It is 2 in 2 weeks. And theres more. But when she i mean, i get really fed up with this thing about the tories going that that labour doesnt have a plan. She knows as well as i do that in education what bridget phillipson, the shadow education secretary, wants to do , is secretary, wants to do, is absolutely wonderful. Its massive , massive expansion of massive, massive expansion of early years, which is the best way of levelling up, frankly. We know that if you put the money into the under fives breakfast clubs, which means that every child can get a free meal before they begin school and it gets them providing breakfast for children. Though. Though. Though. Well, actually, its it really, really. You dont have really, really. You dont have to provide. Not everybody has to have it. But actually it does mean a lot of people go to school, go to work before 9 00. It means that you can drop your kids off at eight. And actually, for the kids who really need breakfast, who arent getting it, it means they get to they get to school on time, i think i think its wrap around child care until theyre 11 because childcare doesnt finish when youre five and you go to school and then suddenly youve got nine nine till 330. So i think its really good. And then shes going to, for secondary schools. Absolutely. Expand the curriculum so that theres arts and sport. So to say there isnt and sport. So to say there isnt a plan, you might not agree with it from the look on your face. Stephen. No, its just i have an issue with all this, with all this fact that its sort of family life is disappearing and everything is encompassed by the school day. No, look, i mean , school day. No, look, i mean, people like me will would probably. When i had kids at school, you know, they had breakfast with me. But for a lot of parents, you know, 9 00 is not a good time to start. I mean, if you want to get to work, you quite often have to go. You have you have to leave. You have to leave the house. You have to drop your kids off much earlier. I mean, a lot of children were being dropped off at childminders, and then the childminder taking them to school. So i think this is great. And its not compulsory. What do you think, charlie . What do you think, charlie . Well , i was what do you think, charlie . Well, i was going to tack back to the politics of it all because. What . Look, this is because. What . Look, this is i think this is a bit of an own goal by the labour party to accept natalie, and they want to present themselves, and they were going to take my advice. I mean, they wont, but if they were listening, then you want to present yourself as a credible opposition, a break from the past of the sleaze of the all past of the sleaze of the all past administrations. So you want to be able to say, actually, our team is a lot better. Weve got a having a completely clean slate. The party, the, the, the politics of it, which the public can see through, just makes everybody in westminster look the same. And they can easily label the criticism of the labour party as being the same as, as the tories. But what i do, what i do worry about, just the final thing i was going to say is that if youre going to have more defections, i can understand why theyve got the defections coming. So youve got the dan poulter, former gp, where the nhs cutting the waiting list is one of richies priorities. Youve now got the policy of stopping the boats. Thats what the Prime Minister has been talking about. Youve got a dover mp, someone thats, you know, a attacked labour now joined the labour party. If you now have a former economic minister or a former business minister or a former business minister from the tories going to labour, its another person for the, the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, to say on all of the Prime Ministers priorities, were now seeing conservatives defect to laboun seeing conservatives defect to labour. I can understand that being a very, very difficult narrative, but youve got to have a credible people fulfilling that narrative. And Natalie Elphicke, im afraid , is Natalie Elphicke, im afraid, is not one of them. But dan poulter was well, i mean, but theyre standing down. These are people who are not going to be around in politics standing down. And they might have been offered something which is which is really good, because thats what in the past, you know, youve got somebody and then you said to them, oh, and then you said to them, oh, and you can and well make sure you well give you a seat. Whereas both of these two, theyre not going to stand again. No, but there has been an own goal by keir starmer hasnt it. No i think i think i think this is a the own goal bit is a westminster little thing. If for most people they pick up their newspapers its another defection. Oh wow. In dover they must be thinking what on earth is going on . I mean, thats that what janine was saying. The fact that this is united, the conservative benches, i think, says a lot i divided laboun think, says a lot i divided labour, i think thats a i agree with julie. I think i better leave it there. You too. You too. Charlie scarlett, thank you very much. 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Ill have all the details coming up. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. And this is breakfast on. Gb news. Sorry, i know his tie is off centre and i cant straighten it. Its going wrong. Its going wrong. Its going wrong. Its driving me bonkers. I cant unsee it. Oh, there you go. I think youre so. Well done. Yeah, were getting loads of messages about that as well. Oh. Are we. Oh, excellent. Oh. Are we. Oh, excellent. Thanks very much indeed. Thanks very much indeed. It wasnt just me mind you. It wasnt just me mind you. Tell them about the miracle this morning. What was the miracle . What was the miracle . The fact were both. Oh, yeah. Sorry. So, stephen, text me. No i text stephen saying, what colour should we wear today . Stephen said, purple or blue, but she didnt read the messages. I didnt reply, so i just i didnt reply, so ijust thought, well, ill just ill plump for purple. Maybe shes read that and you plumped correctly because we both turned up in purple. So this is absolutely by sheer chance. Yeah. Very good. We are in sync though. We are in sync. I didnt even need to reply to you because i knew that youd know telepathically. Telepathically what to wear. Okay. Its tragic actually, isnt it . It is a bit, really, but. We are. I do like it when we wear purple. I feel like its very regal. It reminds me of the coronation. This, these. The outfits we wore on the coronation. Is that the very tie that you wore . The coronation . Very tie. Very tie. The very tie. The very tie. Because its got its royal purple and gold. Yes. Yes. It does look very regal on, well scarlett was going on about the, labours education plans. Yes. Earlier on and these, these, breakfast clubs, breakfast clubs for all the even brush your teeth there and all the rest of it. Carolina says stop this nanny state. My kids ate at home. They went to the childminder. Schools are there to teach, not babysit. Parents to teach, not babysit. Parents must be parents. Yeah, yeah, i, itend must be parents. Yeah, yeah, i, i tend to agree. I mean, some people cant afford why cant they just go round to someone elses house whos not going to work all that sort of thing or, i dont know, i just hold the fact that breakfast clubs are becoming the norm. So you dont have breakfast at home, youre not having breakfast with any members of the family or that sort of thing. I find really hard. Maybe its just a hard. Maybe its just a different world. Maybe im being old fashioned. Do let us know what you think. Gbnews. Com yoursay. I think. Gbnews. Com yoursay. I think for me, its what you are putting on the teachers plate. And i think there is already enough for teachers to do in a day, rather than feeding children on top of everything else, theres a couple of views coming in which i wanted to share. Let me find this. Were talking about natalie elphicks defection this morning. Richard allen makes the point. If a Political Party is such a broad church, how can it ever be united, i think youve even got that sense from Gillian Keegan, didnt you . Shes saying i dont know her. I dont know how shes on the right of the party. I dont know her. Was that broad . Was that broad . You wouldnt know your colleague. Thats an interesting point. But thats what the. Thats what the whip is for. And the whips office and the chief whip and all that. And while they have, you know, one line whip, two line whip and three line, you see, if you break a three line whip, then youre in a lot of trouble. So it is meant to you are meant to toe the party line on these things. But you can moan about it afterwards. Thats sort of how it works. But somebody made a point. I cant find it now, saying that if somebody crosses the floor, there should just be a by election. That should be the rule, because its not what the people of dover voted for. To be fair. No, its not. To be fair. No, its not. But then would that be a waste of money as well . You know, this close to a general election . Is it a waste of money . I dont know, its very odd. I just, money . I dont know, its very odd. Ijust, i money . I dont know, its very odd. I just, i frankly, money . I dont know, its very odd. Ijust, i frankly, i can i can see what shes playing at in terms of thinking , oh, i just terms of thinking, oh, i just want to be on the winning side next year. Although even though shes not standing, shes not standing. But i cannot understand what keir starmer is playing at with that he should have said no. And this cosy photo op between the two of them, we just saw images there. Its on the front of a few of the papers today. Im not sure what that does for his credibility or his standing. No, i think it damages him more than it damages the government. Actually, its an own goal , actually, its an own goal, isnt it, do you keep your views coming in on that . Gbnews. Com yoursay. Anyway, as we were saying, its all about Natalie Elphicke. The was tory mp for dover, now labour mp, as she she walked the floor yesterday. But of course floor yesterday. But of course is this damaging for keir starmer. He is facing a bit of a backlash. Anyway this is what Natalie Elphicke had to say. Natalie elphicke had to say. I dont really know her to be honest. Shes very much i dont really know her to be honest. Shes very much on i dont really know her to be honest. Shes very much on the honest. Shes very much on the more of the right wing of the party. I mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and, big liz truss supporter, i believe so, i dont really know her personally very well. I mean, whilst its disappointing to see colleagues go, this one does not look like a good fit. I mean, i think most people are very, very surprised. It seemed to come to a surprise to most mps. And yeah, it shows really a real lack of principle. St real lack of principle. St giles, well, obviously that was the education secretary, there we go on the back of all of this. So of course, Keir Starmers getting a bit of a kicking from his own backbenchers over all of this. Lets talk to fraser myers , and lets talk to fraser myers, and fraser, amidst all of this, if its not enough of a blow for the government to lose a member of the party, were now hearing Nadhim Zahawi is not going to stand at the next election. I mean, he was, he was chancellor. Mean, he was, he was chancellor. He was chancellor briefly, wasnt he . He was chancellor briefly , but of course he was, briefly, but of course he was, vaccine minister as well, which is what sort of pushed him to the fore. But hes had his own, his own issues, of course. Yeah. Hes a hes a very, you know, senior significant member of the party. And hes not the only senior significant member of the party whos stepping down at this election. Varne i mean, jumping before theyre pushed by the electorate to a certain extent. But you do wonder, you know, how hollow is the tory party going to be, how starved of , i party going to be, how starved of, i dont want to use the word talent. Thats a bit too, too complimentary but starved to people with, experience. In government, you know, by the time the next election rolls around , i mean, it seems as if around, i mean, it seems as if lots of mps are just not even prepared to bother fighting their seats. Theyve seen the writing , on the wall here, but, writing, on the wall here, but, yeah, you know , weve been yeah, you know, weve been talking about Natalie Elphicke. We dont even know why she wasnt even going to face. She isnt going to, you know, she isnt going to, you know, she isnt going to face the next election either, how many what the parliament will look like in the parliament will look like in the next term is going to be extraordinary. The amount of new mps will probably be the new one of the newest parliaments in history, ive seen possibly some of the one of the youngest parliaments in history, well, about time actually, in some ways, yeah, just just to save face that Nadhim Zahawi has shared a statement on x that ill share a little bit of it. Its actually quite romantic. Its actually quite romantic. Its actually quite romantic. It is really, just say with the exception of convincing my wife to marry me, the greatest honour of my life has been to represent the people of Stratford Upon Avon and serve as a minister for the crown. After 14 years in parliament, multiple roles and cabinet and government , ive come to the decision not to stand again at the next general election. He goes on to general election. He goes on to say every morning as i shave my headin say every morning as i shave my head in the mirror, i have to pinch myself. How is that a boy from baghdad who came to these shores fleeing persecution and unable to speak a word of english, who was able to do as much as i have for all of our challenges. This is the best country on earth, and it helped me make my british dream come true. And he goes on to list all of his, its quite statements, but also being very, you know, talking about the, you know, an energetic new candidate for conservative candidate for his seat. I mean, hes hes leaving, but still obviously throwing all of his weight behind the conservative party. Yeah. Absolutely not. Not deserting it like like Natalie Elphicke in the same way. I mean, you know, his story is incredibly interesting as he, as he alluded to, you know, coming from baghdad, he was, you know, one of the co founders of yougov, the very well known polling firm, made a lot of money off the back of that, im sure, and yeah, as played a number of roles in the conservative party. I mean, there was a really interesting time when the Boris Johnson government was collapsing , when government was collapsing, when rishi sunak resigned on the same day as sajid javid and zahawi was appointed chancellor. And immediately i think on their first meeting with johnson, zahawi said, yeah, you really should resign, so yes, stopped him in the front, i think. Yes. Yeah. A polite way of putting it. Yeah, look, can we talk about all this is about the tories . But what does all this i mean, the defection say about the labour party, because its one thing for someone to say theyre stepping down from the party. Its another thing for the labour party to welcome her in with open arms when she is diametrically opposed to just about everything they for. Diametrically opposed to just about everything they for. Stand about everything they for. Stand exactly. That is what has got everyone so baffled. I mean, only last year she, you know, she wrote this opinion piece in the express saying keir starmer wants open borders or he wants , wants open borders or he wants, open borders, doesnt care about, illegal immigration, which is the issue that, you know, she apparently is, you know, she apparently is, you know, her big priority. And her seat in dover is on the front line of the small boats crisis. I think keir starmer thought, you know, he would get at least a day of nice headlines. It would be a win on immigration and issue that, you know, its not necessarily one people associate with the, with the labour party especially as theyve been opposing the rwanda policy. But then he has just angered so many people on his own side. A lot of people have, you know, theyre not only, you know, horrified at, natalie elphicks views, you know, calling her vile and saying, are we going to get nigel farage next . I mean, its just, you know, legitimate question. Why not, mark, francois Suella Braverman, liz truss in the, in the, in the labour party soon. Why not . But also, you know, many people keir starmer runs this very tight operation, where he doesnt really take many of the views of his mps. He doesnt really take many of the views of his mps. A lot of the views of his mps. A lot of people said, okay, is this the only way i can get a meeting with keir starmer . You know, do ihave with keir starmer . You know, do i have to belong to another party defecting and out of labour . And, and will keir starmer talk to me and what do you think Natalie Elphicke wants from all of this . Because shes not even standing at the next general election. So is it a fatal blow to rishi sunak . Or at least thats what shes hoping . Or is it Something Else . I think certainly that will have played a role. Yes. To damage rishi sunak they clearly dont see eye to eye, is there an element of personal opportunism there . I mean, what isuppose opportunism there . I mean, what i suppose is surprising to a lot of people is, you know, its not as if shes going to become the labour candidate, in the area. Its not as if this is a way of avoiding the judgement of the pubuc avoiding the judgement of the public at the next election. But perhaps people have talked about is has there been a job offer, that theres nothing being confirmed, you know, will there be a seat in the lords . Who knows . Natalie. Elphicke, used to be a housing lawyer before she joined parliament. Theres some talk that maybe she could be giving the labour party advice on housing issues. Be giving the labour party advice on housing issues. That advice on housing issues. That remains to be seen as pure speculation at this point. Speculation at this point. Yeah, it just doesnt look very good on her, to be honest. I wonder if people get fed up with politics. Well, exactly. And it adds you know, weight to the charge that, you know, theyre all the same. Who do you vote for at the next election when the party if the parties are so similar, if there is just essentially a uni party, i mean, because also its not just Natalie Elphicke crossing the floor, this is the second defection in two weeks, we also had Christian Wakeford as well, defecting. Yeah. Those previous defections had , what previous defections had, what seemed like better principled reasons. So we had dan porter saying, i dont trust the tories on the nhs. I trust labour more. We had Christian Wakeford talking about levelling up, you know , things like that. But know, things like that. But still i think it creates this impression that there isnt really a difference between the two parties. And actually the parties are going out of their way to to, compound that. I mean, you know, rishi sunak, one of his big flagship policies is the smoking ban. Thats wes streeting big idea. The labour party says that its essentially going to follow the conservatives economic policies and fiscal rules and things like that. So again , you know, where that. So again, you know, where is the choice for the public . How do you vote against the establishment . Because if you vote for keir starmer, you get more of the same, unfortunately. Okay fraser, good to see you. Okay fraser, good to see you. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. Now the home secretary has announced the government is to expel a russian diplomat for spying amid an escalation of sanctions against moscow. Yes. Defence attache, colonel maksim leveque has resided in the country for over a decade and is now suspected of being an undeclared military Intelligence Officer. Well, lets talk to former senior military Intelligence Officer philip ingram, who joins us now. Good to see you, philip. Look, these people, these people exist under diplomatic cover and all the rest of it. We know that its still quite an unusual move to expel people. So why is this happen . Do we think . Happen . Do we think . Well, it is, and the language is unusual. The Defence Attache , is unusual. The Defence Attache, as everyone knows, has got intelligence gathering duties. Intelligence gathering duties. And most russian Defence Attaches come from one of their intelligence services. This is not uncommon. So to say that its an undeclared intelligence operative means hes probably been caught with his hands in the till somewhere, and, because of that, the uk. Government is using him to send a Strong Political statement to the russians. They will respond. Russians. They will respond. Well, is that what were seeing happen here . Philip because were expecting lord cameron to make a speech today , cameron to make a speech today, saying that europe needs to be tougher and more assertive towards russia and china. He says they need to adopt a harder edge for a tougher world. Is thatis edge for a tougher world. Is that is that what all of this is about . About . I think thats part of it, you know, theres something more to the story as to why the Defence Attache has been expelled himself, and as i, as i said , i suspect hes been caught said, i suspect hes been caught doing something that is beyond the levels of acceptability in, what Defence Attache should be getting up to. Theyre always out snuggling and trying to gather information, but there are. And the uk. Is leading the are. And the uk. Is leading the world in sending very strong statements, to russia. We were the first to send, main battle tanks to ukraine. We were, you know, lord cameron has just said that he, cant see any reason why the ukrainians cant use british supplied long range weapons into russia. And this is weapons into russia. And this is all part of that messaging thats going on combined , the thats going on combined, the strong messaging into russia, the chinese threat is equally large and probably from a longer term perspective, much more dangerous. And hes sending a strong message there. So the uk is standing up and putting, you know , its its head above the know, its its head above the parapet a little bit here, hoping that the International Community will follow. Will we see for tat expulsions . Almost certainly. Expulsions . Almost certainly. No. This this is how these things go. So if i was the uk Defence Attache in moscow at the moment, i would be packing my suitcases just in case, but, you know, i suspect that thats what will happen next, or there will be 1 or 2 others, sent back. And whether this turns into then something that becomes escalatory or diplomatically , people say, diplomatically, people say, right, weve weve made our point. Weve done it. Lets leave this and then quietly filter the people back in again, which tends to be what seems to happen, okay. Philip ingram, good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. All right. 7 17. Lets have a look at some of the other stories coming into the newsroom. And as we were just saying, lord cameron, is to warn that we must be tougher on russia and china in a Foreign Policy speech today at the National Cyber Security Centre, he will call for the uk and its allies to have a harder edge for a tougher world. He will add that the uk must be more assertive against threats from the two nations. Experts are warning that medicine supply issues are on the rise and patients are having to play pharmacy bingo in order to play pharmacy bingo in order to receive vital medication. To receive vital medication. Thats according to the Community Pharmacy group england. People travelling from shop to shop to find their treatments. Shop to find their treatments. Treatments for type 2 diabetes, adhd and epilepsy are just some of the medicines affected. Of the medicines affected. Israel is to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest amid protests against their involvement due to the war in gaza. Involvement due to the war in gaza. Their entrant, 20 year old gaza. Their entrant, 20 year old eden golan, will take to the stage at the second semi final in malmo in sweden this evening. In malmo in sweden this evening. Earlier this week, the singer said she could not have asked for a better year to be representing her country. Representing her country. Now the Citizens Air Raid Memorial Service has been held in hull to honour more than 1200 civilians who died in the city dunng civilians who died in the city during world war ii. Us hull suffered 82 air raids, making it the second most bombed city in england. During bombed city in england. During three days between the seventh and the 9th of may 1941, it killed more than 400 people. Our yorkshire reporter anna reilly has the story. Has the story. Hull, the uks second most bombed city during world war ii, it was targeted due to its strategic port. More than 1200 civilians lost their lives. 95 of hulls housing was damaged or destroyed. This week, a Citizens Air Raid Memorial Service paid tribute to those who died. We have separate celebrations and commemorations for those that fell in service during dunng that fell in service during during the military service. So this is more about the residents and the citizens of the hull city that were lost during the war. So its more important for them to remember that were where we were bombed heavily. There was many civilians, women , there was many civilians, women, children, men all killed during the second world war. So it was important for that. Censorship meant the true extent of the devastation was largely unknown to people outside of hull until after the war. Its a massive part and its on the right side of the country, ready to go across to europe. So as far as that goes, hull was a massively important port at that time. The government of the time didnt want hull to be known as as the bombed city. So they were saying Northern City to try and detract from the fact that it was actually hull that was bombed. They didnt want the germans to know. I dont think how badly affected hull. German air raids killed 400 people in the hull blitz between the seventh and 9th of may in 1941. This service commemorated the 300 men, women and children buned the 300 men, women and children buried in unmarked graves in the citys northern cemetery. Citys northern cemetery. Were showing respect to those that did die and those that dont have a named grave. So by doing this Small Service , so by doing this Small Service, everybody will know where they are buried and its with respect that we do it for them. I think a lot of civilians, paid the price because they were doing the Dangerous Things, because the Dangerous Things, because the men were away in the war. So they were really looking after they were really looking after the country. You have to remember otherwise , guys, we remember otherwise, guys, we probably wouldnt be here today. You know , if the war had gone a you know, if the war had gone a different way, it could have been totally different. We remember before you now, those whose lives were lost in the dark days of war from our city and family of kingston upon hull. For the civilians, Emergency Service workers and armed forces that gave their lives for ours , that gave their lives for ours, we will remember them. Anna riley gb news hull. Riley gb news hull. I didnt realise hull had been so badly affected. No. No. No. But these coastal towns, wasnt it coastal towns like barrow was very was very badly hit and things. But 82 air raids i imagine it i know, but a very, very fitting thing and a good thing that those civilians are being honoured in hull. Quite right. No one should ever forget, should they . All right. It is yet again melting in here. But at least today it sort of matches with what weve had outside as well. Thats true. Its very nice yesterday. Is it going to be nice today . Lets ask alex. Lets ask alex. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. There is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise its going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. 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Its so near yet so far. Prince harry wont be meeting his father dunng wont be meeting his father during his trip to the uk. Find out more in just a moment. 728. Good morning to you. Now, the duke of sussex attended the Invictus Games annual bursary, but he was just a couple of miles away from king charles, who was holding his First Garden Party of the year yesterday. Party of the year yesterday. Well, during the dukes whistlestop tour of the uk, the king reportedly wont meet his son due to a busy schedule. Thats not to say harry isnt being supported by family members, its just the other side, his mums side, who were in attendance at yesterdays invictus service. So earlier we spoke to the author and historian martin whittock. Whittock. He did 2. 6 miles, or 15 minutes by car, maybe 20 minutes if the traffics a bit slow. From saint pauls cathedral to Buckingham Palace. And whilst they couldnt have been at the same things yesterday because obviously they were committed to his engagement, it would, one would have thought, been theoretically possible for them to have for met a coffee in the morning. Its a difficult situation. Clearly the king is returning to royal duties carefully. He hasnt got a full carefully. He hasnt got a full programme. Nevertheless they were in london both on tuesday evening and yesterday. Yesterday for the garden party, for the king in the afternoon and for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games at the saint paups Invictus Games at the saint pauls cathedral in the evening for duke of sussex for prince harry. They were very, very close. And it does seem clear there is something indicative of there is something indicative of the relationship that they have not met, particularly when we know that next monday, may the 13th, the king will be with Prince William in a formal ceremony when the king will hand over the role of colonel in chief for the Army Air Corps to the prince of wales. So clearly the prince of wales. So clearly the king is at the moment seeing his other son, albeit on very specific occasions, but he did not see harry yesterday and he hasnt seen harry, i believe, since february , when harry since february, when harry appeared very briefly in the uk around the time of the kings cancer diagnosis. So its difficult to read this as anything but indicative of the division of the royal family at the moment, which is very sad. Well, it is sad. What seems unusual with this , i mean, as unusual with this, i mean, as its being reported, is that it is the king snubbing prince harry when we have been told all the way throughout that he wants to build bridges with his son. Oh, yes, this is interesting. Oh, yes, this is interesting. The spokesperson of the duke of sussex said the following in response to the many inquiries and continued speculation on whether or not the duke will meet with his father while in the uk this week, it unfortunately will not be possible due to his majestys full program, so it does seem clear that there were moves from prince harrys side to see him. But Buckingham Palace said no, and the statement went on to say the duke, of course, is understanding of his fathers diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon. So it really does seem clear that there was a reaching out from the comms team, the team around harry. But it looks like Buckingham Palace, on behalf of the king, said no. And harry is also not expected to meet the prince or princess of wales, who is also being treated for cancer. And the time is running out now because today, thursday, may the ninth, he leaves the uk to meet meghan in nigeria. Theyre invited in nigeria. Theyre invited there by nigerias chief of Defence Staff after they met at the Invictus Games held last yearin the Invictus Games held last year in germany. So, having year in germany. So, having flown in on tuesday, he flies out today. He flown in on tuesday, he flies out today. He will not flown in on tuesday, he flies out today. He will not have seen out today. He will not have seen the king or other members of the very close family. Although, as you say, he has met people on his mothers side. His mothers side. Its all a real shame. It is its all a real shame. It is frankly invictus. Its a great thing that he did with invictus really, really good and important. But even now, just doing that, its all overshadowed because of the relationships and whos he going to meet and who isnt he going to meet and who isnt he going to meet . Oh, its just such a shame, isnt it . Its such a shame. Two miles apart yesterday. But worlds apart. We couldnt be two miles apart and not meet up. I know i was about to say wed meet for tea or coffee, wouldnt we . We two miles apart. It just goes to show, doesnt it, i guess. How how separate they are. Yeah. So it is really. Never mind. Hopefully theyll sort it out at some point in the future. Might just take time. Might just take time. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Weve got a short break coming up, but then paul coyte is going to be here with all the sports news. Welcome back. Its time to go through the sports now with paul morning. Good morning. Morning. Good morning. Should we do a little european football . Lets show you. Didnt sound as excited as i wanted you to. Oh didnt i . No. Oh, that was our little european football. Yeah. Oh, yes. Well, i dont feel like it now. No. Yes. Well, i dont feel like it now. No. Real madrid two, Bayern Munich one, semi final, second leg of the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund. They will play Borussia Dortmund. They will play in the final now. So it was locked at one one and on 67 minutes Alphonso Davies for Bayern Munich scores an amazing goal. Bayern munich scores an amazing goal. Madrid then have a goal goal. Madrid then have a goal disallowed. So anyway , were disallowed. So anyway, were getting to five minutes left of the game. It looks like the germans having a terrible season that theyve had in the bundesliga. I say terrible, they bundesliga. I say terrible, they came second, which for them is terrible, and then the 85th, 85th minute, Thomas Tuchel decided to take harry kane off. You dont have to take harry kane. No, you just dont do that. Harry kane. No, because he can not only score goals , he can can not only score goals, he can defend. Its crazy. And Jamal Musiala is also a fine german footballer. Took him off as well. And then things turned and then real madrid score and then they score again in the 90th minute. And now Bayern Munich are out. And harry kane ends the are out. And harry kane ends the season with no trophies. Well so hold on. So there was a goal in the 88th and the 90th and the 90th. Yeah , in the 90th manuel yeah, in the 90th manuel neuen yeah, in the 90th manuel neuer, the german goalkeeper. See hes one of the great goalkeepers. But paul kane everybody everyone has a slip up. So if youre playing out on the pitch, if youre an outfield player, you can make a mistake and you can get away with it. But if youre a goalkeeper, any little slip up and it was it was a guy called joselu. And joselu a guy called joselu. And joselu was like a reject from stoke city. Really. And youre thinking this guy there he is. Theres him scoring the goal. And he played at newcastle as well. Not many people remember him even at stoke. So his spanish and went to espanyol and now he signed in real madrid was his boyhood club , so at 34 he his boyhood club, so at 34 he signed on loan and he ends up scoring two goals in the semi final of the Champions League and could end up going to play league and could end up going to play in the final as well. Well, good on him. I mean, should we talk about aston villa . Yes, huge, huge game for aston villa tonight. So theyre over in athens, and they need to beat olympiakos. Theyre four two down. So this is the semi final second leg of the europa conference league. So aston conference league. So aston villa the last man standing basically that we have in europe. So four two and its going to be tricky over. There wasnt a good result for them at villa park. But they need to turn that around if they want to get to the final. Yeah. Yeah. This evening. So theyve got to. Yeah. So what theyve got to get at least three. Yeah. See the old days where youd have away goals count. That doesnt make any difference now. So they need to get off to a good start. But i think its going to be a i think it should be exciting game. But, and also theyre fighting because theyre fighting for to get to the Champions League next year. What about theres all this talk about it being a very difficult atmosphere for them. Well in in athens. Yeah i think it will be. Yeah. Its but you know what you kind of expect that youre going to go and play in europe. Its going to be a little hostile. So theyre going to expect that. But sometimes i dont know about you, but it would fire me on. Well yeah it would. Yeah. Yeah. It would fire me on a little bit about andy. What do you reckon. Yeah. Weve only got 30s, so can we. Oh my goodness andy, your metgala right. You know my two favourite things sport and fashion. Yeah. When theyre combined im a very happy man. So the met gala, the metropolitan museum of art gala, which happened on monday night. So we all saw all the crazy gear that they like to wear. These are sports stars. Look, look, theres lewis hamilton, lewis hamilton. He looks stylish. He looks stylish. Hes like ivanhoe, isnt he . There we are. He is very stylish. Serena williams. Is it really in foil . Foil in foil. Is it really in foil . Foil in foil. Gold foil at that. And foil. Gold foil at that. And wheres her sister . Theres venus, theres the sister. Thats Maria Sharapova there. You remember Maria Sharapova . She does look very stylish. She does look very stylish. She does look very stylish. She does. Shes. I like the whats the thing wrapped around her arms there. What is that . Is that like a blanket, a curtain . It is. Its like with Maria Sharapova. Oh that is ben simmons basketball player i like thats very stylish, isnt it . Oh, no. Thats awful. Thats awful. What is that . Is that a banjo hes got down there. Odell beckham junior obj from the Miami Dolphins i like that jacket. And what do you think she does. What do you think . She looks like a tennis star. She looks like a tennis star. No. No. Shes got good arms. Shes got good arms. Shes got good arms. She has got good arms. She will. She does need the arms in what she plays. Shes the best swimmer. No, shes the best in the world by a long way. One of the world by a long way. One of the greatest female golfers. Oh, the greatest female golfers. Oh, nelly korda and amos. Oh, is that her who got given advice on how to hit a ball the other week . No, no, no, no no no no no, that was that wasnt nelly korda. You wouldnt want to be telling nelly korda that wasnt her. But nelly korda , hes her. But nelly korda, hes unbelievable golfer. Right. And she dresses well as well. And she dresses well as well. And she dresses well as well. And you know what looks very classy. Well look, theyve all got lots and lots of piles of cash then because its 70,000 ticket. But you know, what do they have to pay for . I bet they dont. But they get invited. Is it the more money you get pay for it, the more money you have, the more free stuff you get. So they all get dressed bonkers. Its 70 grand, 70 grand a ticket, and then your outfits. Probably at least ten, id say exactly like stephen. Yours. Thats 15 grand. Come on. Amazon. Oh, really . Oh, really . Yeah. Yeah. He buys them to match my dresses. Yeah i do, yeah. Yeah i do, yeah. Is that right . Is that right . Not that im henpecked or anything. No no no, of course not, paul thank you. Thank you. Thanks, paul. Thanks, paul. Pleasure. Do stay with us. Were going to be going through the papers with Charlie Rowley and Scarlett Mccgwire next. And i thought thats crap. And i thought thats crap. And i thought thats crap. Oh, well, the waffling on. Were talking weddings. Would you believe theres a surprise . Theres a surprise. Theres a surprise. Im going to be so bored with this. I know you are. I know you are. Still got a long way to go, until next summer. Now Charlie Rowley and Scarlett Mccgwire are here with us. As you may have seen, charlie, should we look at this story in the guardian , this story in the guardian, about the us supplying weapons to israel . To israel . Yes. Yes. Well, this is, one that i think emerged overnight where president biden, us President Joe Biden has said that hes going to stop arms going to israel in the fear that theyre going to, continue to bomb in a way in which weve seen over the last few weeks or months, particularly in the south, in rafah , but but theyre already rafah, but but theyre already in rafah. Its said if they go into rafah, but theyre sort of there already. Well, well, hes i mean, hes holding up, hes holding up arms shipments because theyre in rafah. And whats so interesting is that netanyahu said, ceasefire or no ceasefire, im going to bomb rafah. And you think, just a minute, whats a ceasefire . If youre going to bomb rafah . And joe, i mean, joe biden is finally actually being quite tough and saying no, because if you go into rafah , youre where you go into rafah, youre where most people have been told to go that, that, youre just going to kill thousands and thousands more and, and where people have been told to leave rafah to go to is, is nothing. Been told to leave rafah to go to is, is nothing. I been told to leave rafah to go to is, is nothing. I mean, its to is, is nothing. I mean, its got nothing. Its just its just a piece of land. So i mean, i mean, basically joe biden is finally is saying to netanyahu, im really serious because netanyahu has never taken the americans seriously. I mean, he always says, oh, the americans, you know, they talk big and they never do anything. We can do whatever we want. And hes been saying this for years. I mean, theres nothing new about that. Theres nothing new about that. No. Well, itd be interesting to see if what what if any impact it has, anyway , charlie, impact it has, anyway, charlie, lets have a look at russia. Should we, cameron telling the eu what to do. The eu what to do. Yes. Which is interesting. Yes. Which is interesting. Yes. Which is interesting. Yes. Its his first sort of Major International speech as foreign secretary uk foreign secretary, where hell tell the eu and eu partners that they need to stamp up the cash to 2. 5 of gdp to fund their defence services, because were living in an even more uncertain world with the threats of russia and china. Whereas he might be making a perfectly valid point. Why would the eu listen to anything we have to say . Well, i think i wouldnt blame them for not even though as well. Id like to think, even though that the uk has left the eu, it hasnt left europe, it hasnt left the continent of which we all share and love. And when there is a war in europe, obviously the invasion of russia into ukraine. So everybody has a responsibility to, to defend our continent when we need to. But i think were seeing now the increased threat of china, obviously, you know, whitehall officials are pointing the finger at china, even though i dont think the defence secretary went as far as to call out china for hacking uk defence personnel, bank details and names. But i think we can take from that that the non denial denial that they are a threat to the uk security, but also, as i say, that continued threat of russia, the continued aggression, the continued rhetoric that youre hearing from the kremlin and president putin means that everyone in europe has a responsibility to make sure that it has Defence Systems in place, that it has the funding that it needs in order to defend ourselves and to defend our European Partners against these threats and the invasion of russia. Scarlett, what do you make of it . Well, i mean, i think i think the problem is that that he sort of talks about a aggressors. But but as charlie, i mean, apart from russia, which , you know, from russia, which, you know, obviously we do we do have to deal with and im sure that if youre finland or sweden or in the, in the baltics, that actually russia is very worrying. I mean, when we talk about china, i mean, what what are we going to do about china if china goes into taiwan . Are we really saying were going to do something . I mean, i think i think thats the problem is, is that it think thats the problem is, is thatitis think thats the problem is, is that it is all rhetoric, except well, except, from our perspective, possibly. But taiwans actually strategically very important for the us. And theyve got a lot of naval. Theyve got a naval base there, havent they . Yes. But what im what im saying is what are what are we. And i mean, i mean, even the us is very, very worried about going up against china, isnt it . I mean, you know, that that would be a world war. So i think i do think President Trump would mind too much. I think he i think he would be able to, flex his muscles and sort of, you know, go for anybody. Go for anybody. Well, except except President Trump does like i mean, he likes putin. He likes the i mean, President Trump likes autocrats and dictators. I mean , he and dictators. I mean, he basically thinks that, you know, democracies are pretty, pretty wussy, so he actually has far more respect for russia and china than anything else. You know, like , quite clearly, if know, like, quite clearly, if President Trump gets in end of ukraine, right, theres no question about that, that he will as he says, he will get peace on the first day. Hell say to ukraine, just give in and let putin have it , so say to ukraine, just give in and let putin have it, so yeah, i mean, if trump gets in, things will change. Charlie shall we take a look at the front page of the mirror . And its about prince harry and the king, just two miles apart yesterday. But they didnt meet. Yesterday. But they didnt meet. Yes. And its, i think most people who hear the story and listen to it will be just quite sad that, you know, take the royals out of it, take the Invictus Games out. You know, a father whos undergone Cancer Treatment and his son, who lives in the us now but is over into the uk , is here for three, 3 or the uk, is here for three, 3 or 4 days, i believe, hasnt got the, diary opacity. It seems that was put out by the sussexes to meet. I think i just, i think thats sad. Thats sad. I mean, its a very weak excuse because theres no reason why they cant meet up at 10 00 at night or whatever. You know , at night or whatever. You know, whatever for a gin and tonic. Exactly. And speculation runs rife as to why they dont meet. Is it because, you know, the both sides want different people in the room, whether, you know, just the did the king want, you know, camilla to meet with harry as well to try and repair damage. And harry said, no, but its telling that the sussexes or the office of the sussexes put out the statement to say that the kings diary wasnt able to link up. That the kings diary wasnt able to link up. And i just able to link up. And i just think most people will think, this is an ongoing feud by a young man who still, you know, very upset about things, very angry and still feeling as though the heat can run the narrative when i think the rest of the country thinks you just need to grow up a bit. Your fathers not been very well, the palace havent said anything. The palace havent brought out a book called spare, where theyve criticised you. Harry. Its all criticised you. Harry. Its all been about you criticising your family. Your relatives, calling them racists. Effectively and, you know, hes clearly in a in a very difficult place with his father. And i think people just find that quite sad. And i think sad is, is the right. I mean, i think all these people who say, you know, that that, that charles should cut ties with him completely and should take away his royalty. I should take away his royalty. I mean, i think this is about a father son relationship and they can be very difficult. And actually, what we need is, is people hoping that theyre going to get together because its destructive for both of them. Im sure that king charles hates it as much as harry. I mean that its horrible to lose your to lose your child , right, at lose your child, right, at whatever age. And although, i mean , harry has been. Yes, i was mean, harry has been. Yes, i was going to say a word that were not allowed to say on here has been pretty stupid , i mean, been pretty stupid, i mean, actually, hes still charless son, and it is. I mean, charlies right. Its just so sad. Yeah. Yeah. All right, lets have a look at the guardian. Scarlett. Looking at our our climate. Looking at our our climate. This is really bad news. Is that. Is this is really bad news. Is that. Is that scientists are despairing because theyre saying that far from, you know, hoping that were not going to get above 1. 5 degrees above a over where we are now that actually were going to were going to end up at at two. And what this means is people go, oh , this is you know, this means more heat waves. But actually, i mean, its a disaster. And it it wont happen all at once is what theyre very clear about is that well still have , you know, well still have, you know, some, some months like weve just had where it does nothing but rain and then well have heat. But the real problem is, is, is, around the equator where people will not be able to live and then , you know, we will have and then, you know, we will have mass migration. Well, thats an mass migration. Well, thats an interesting way of looking at it i well, m well, what do you do if youre if youre somewhere where nothings going to happen, you move, dont you . I mean, thats what people do. Yeah. Yeah. Well, maybe thatll kick some people into action. Its not that about i think people get fed up of being told what to do. Its how we tackle it, which is the issue. Yeah. And all these. And youve got to tackle it in a sensible way. Yeah, yeah. But sensible way. Yeah, yeah. But you just seem to be happening. Well well i mean because you know, so yesterday we were talking about electric cars which arent being sold. And the electric car being sold. And the electric Car Manufacturers said, well, it doesnt help that the government suddenly said, you dont have to have electric cars. I mean, actually , as this concern about actually, as this concern about electric cars and how many , how electric cars and how many, how much Greenhouse Gas it takes to build one. Yeah. Yeah. But then once once youve got. But but actually, as long as were arguing about net zero, were not actually thinking how how can we keep the planet . Okay and i know that britain is tiny and china is enormous. There is no question about that. But actually we all have to do our bit. Yeah. Well, thats a fair point. Its a fair point, thank you both. Charlie scarlet, well see you a bit later on. Indeed. Lets take a look at the weather now, shall we . With alex burkill. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. There is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise its going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. There is quite a bit of cloud and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine, sunny weather around, lots of blue skies. And in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. Temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. Theres a good chance that were going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius, towards the south east and even further north. Despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily. Little change as we go through this evening and overnight , sticking with the overnight, sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. Otherwise, parts of scotland. Otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. So once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. It wont be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. Lots start to the day tomorrow. Lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities, holding up in double figures. Again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning. And then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. Still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland, its going to be drier and brighter than today. Again, temperatures climbing a little bit further. So for many it may bit further. So for many it may even feel a bit warmer than today. Once more , ill see you today. Once more, ill see you again soon. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. The education secretary, Gillian Keegan , has distanced herself keegan, has distanced herself from the mp. I dont really know her, to be honest. Shes very much on the more of the right wing of the more of the right wing of the party. I mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and a big liz truss supporter, i believe, so i dont really know her personally very well. Tory heavyweight Nadhim Zahawi says he wont stand at the next general election, leaving rishi sunak in more turmoil. The Prime Minister says universities have a moral duty to protect jewish students amid a rise in pro palestine protests i king charles and prince harry attend separate events just miles apart as princess dianas Family Support the duke at the invictus Anniversary Ceremony. Invictus Anniversary Ceremony. Economists predict Interest Rates will stay the same at 5. 25. The decision, announced at lunchtime. Liam halligan has more. More. The bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee will make its decision today at noon. Will Interest Rates stay at 5. 25 or is it time for a cut . And the home secretary announces a russian diplomat is set to be expelled from the uk for spying and in the sport this morning. This years Champions League finals at Wembley Stadium on the 1st of june, and will be contested by Borussia Dortmund and real madrid, who beat Bayern Munich two one last night. Sir Jim Ratcliffe is not taking any prisoners at Manchester United and ill have an olympic flame update am i . Am i getting upset obsessed with this olympic flame . Yes, yes you are. Yes, yes you are. Do you know why . Why . No, its because i have olympic fever. Oh okay. Very good. Sorry. Get off. Okay away from the far north today. Its going to be a fine picture. Plenty of blue skies and even warmer than yesterday. Ill have all the details coming up. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon, and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Heck, its all about politics this morning. But this is one of the most unusual things weve seen in a very long time. Anyway, the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, is now facing a pretty big backlash from his own party. Well, this all comes after the dover mp , Natalie Elphicke, the dover mp, Natalie Elphicke, announced her decision to defect to the opposition just two minutes before Prime Ministers questions yesterday. The questions yesterday. The education secretary, Gillian Keegan, has distanced herself from the former tory mp. I dont really know her to be honest. Shes very much on the more of the right wing of the party. I mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and big liz truss supporter, i believe, so i dont really know her personally very well. I mean, whilst its disappointing to see colleagues go, this one does not look like a good fit. I mean, i think most people are very, very surprised. It seemed to come to a surprise to most mps. And yeah, it shows really a real lack of principles. Real lack of principles. Well, many say sir keir has wrongly welcomed an mp that called for a crackdown on immigration and openly supported the rwanda scheme. Now this all comes as tory heavyweight Nadhim Zahawi has announced that he will stand down at the next general election, which only furthers the tories turmoil. Well, heck, what a lot to get through. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent olivia utley, who joins us from westminster. Morning, olivia, lets start with Natalie Elphicke. Should we . Because its not just that shes obviously left the government in a bit of disarray, but its the impact its having on labour now i well, exactly. I mean, what is so strange about this defection is normally when you have a defection , you hear sort have a defection, you hear sort of crowing and gloating from the benches to which the mp defected, and you hear sort of wails of misery from the benches from which they departed in this case, that is not whats happening at all. There are conservative mps who sound pretty happy to be rid of her, making jokes about how almost all conservative mps were to the left of Natalie Elphicke. She was an erg member. She was a member of the new conservative group, another group of right wing and right wing mps set up by miriam cates and danny kruger , and of course, she stood by her ex husband. Even when he was her ex husband. Even when he was convicted of sexual offences. She wasnt a particularly popular mp in the conservative party, so actually most of the sort of crowing and gloating seems to be coming from the conservative benches, and labour feels pretty annoyed about the whole thing. There are lots of labour mps, particularly female labour mps, particularly female labour mps, particularly female labour mps, who dont think that keir starmer should have accepted Natalie Elphicke into the party, not only because of her views, but because she did stand by Charlie Elphicke as he went through this sexual abuse case. And even when he was convicted, she said that hed been punished for being attracted and attractive to women. Now that is not the sort of comment you expect to hear from someone, from any politician, really. But but from a woman on the labour benches in particular, there are lots of people saying perhaps keir starmer shouldnt have accepted Natalie Elphicke into the party at all. Maybe it would have been at all. Maybe it would have been a better look to say look, a conservative wants to join us. But we arent just the party for people who are fed up with the conservatives. We have our own set of values. That said, i mean, were looking at this from a very westminster perspective. Were right in the bubble, looking on how people are feeling in westminster on the news. If you if youre just someone who listens to the news headlines, which lets remember, most people do, then what youll hearis most people do, then what youll hear is that a conservative mp has defected to labour, and that headuneis has defected to labour, and that headline is bad news for the conservative party and good news for the labour party. So it might be that in westminster were all thinking a bit too deeply about it. What do you think, Natalie Elphicke wants out of this . Why elphicke wants out of this . Why has she made this move now . Do you think it is a stance on immigration . Because its not about keeping her seat. Is it because shes standing down at the next general election . So is this about damaging rishi sunak . This about damaging rishi sunak . Well, its a really interesting question. I mean, at first everyone assumed that Natalie Elphicke just knew which side her bread was buttered on and wanted to retain her seat at the next general election. But as you say, that doesnt seem to be the case. What does she want . I mean, there are cynical rumours around westminster that she wants to get out of politics altogether and get a peerage under a new labour government. What she says is the reason is housing. She says that the conservatives have let down the people on housing and actually, looking back at her record , that looking back at her record, that does bear out. She has always been a yimby a yes in my back yard sort of politician. So if you want to look at it kindly, then i think thats the reason. If youre a bit more cynical, its because she wants a peerage olivia utley. Good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Well be talking to you in just a moments time. So do hang on. Well be talking to you about Nadhim Zahawi. Right. Lets talk to shadow secretary of state for women and equalities and chair of the labour party, Anneliese Dodds. Good to see you this morning. What on earth is going on . Well, i think thats a very good question and probably a question that should be levelled at rishi sunak because of course, weve not only had those Election Results last week which indicated that very significant numbers of voters are turning away from the conservative party, saying that they want change. But of course, we now also have had, just as you were covering the third conservative mp who has come to realise that the conservative party cannot deliver the change the country desperately needs and that it is only labour that has a plan to deliver that change. Yeah, but with the greatest of respect, Anneliese Dodds you know what im getting at here . Someone whos a member of the erg new conservative group, to the to the far right of the conservative party, not being in common with what labour stands for. And your role as shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, someone who said of her husband, after hed been convicted that he was targeted for being too attractive. I mean, you there can be nothing that you have in common with this woman. This woman. Well, those were very, very serious issues. The Sexual Assault that was rightly prosecuted. And of course, there prosecuted. And of course, there was a parliamentary process that followed that, including a parliamentary process that appued parliamentary process that applied to Natalie Elphicke. So its absolutely right that there was accountability there. Its an incredibly important matter. Every workplace , including every workplace, including parliament, has got to be free of sexual harassment. But i of sexual harassment. But i would say on the issues around overall, natalie elphicks politics, anyone who reads the statement that she put out yesterday will be very clear about the reasons why she has become convinced that the conservative party cannot deliver the change the country needs, and only labour can deliver that change. In particular, as you just mentioned. In fact, on the programme, she sets out those appalling failures on housing and im sure that natalie will have had the same experience that ive had as a member of parliament. Talking with people who are in desperate housing, need often families who have beenin need often families who have been in temporary accommodation. Been in temporary accommodation. She speaks in her statement about the impact of that temporary accommodation on children, the negative impact of it and of course there were so many promises made about housing provision by the conservatives, they are simply not being delivered. And Natalie Elphicke draws attention to that in her statement and sets out the fact that its only labour that has a plan to deliver the homes that people need. Yes, but this was coming. Less about Natalie Elphicke, isnt it . And more about the labour party. And people are asking this morning why did sir keir starmer accept her into the labour party . What was he thinking . I mean, it must be really awkward on the labour front bench as well, considering that Natalie Elphicke called sir keir starmer mr softee and criticised labour for their open border policy, which she claimed and also Rachel Reeves, shadow chancellor, told Natalie Elphicke to f off after her criticism of Marcus Rashford. I mean that isnt the look of a unhed mean that isnt the look of a united party, is it . Well, actually, Natalie Elphicke was a conservative mp, conservative mps criticise laboun conservative mps criticise labour. We saw exactly the same, of course, with the other conservative mps who then realised that to deliver the change that they are committed to, the only party to support is the labour party. So im sure if you went back and looked for at example, what dan poulton had said, if you looked at what was said, if you looked at what was said by Christian Wakeford, you would also see criticism of laboun would also see criticism of labour. But then that realisation that of course, the conservatives could not deliver on what they were promising and that only labour had that plan to get our Public Services off their knees, to deliver the homes that people need , and the homes that people need, and the change that our country is crying out for. What promises has she been given in order to cross the floor . Has she been offered a peerage . Peerage . Absolutely not. And this is not some kind of a transaction. Its about a member of parliament looking at their constituents needs and realising that the conservatives simply cannot deliver on the issues that those constituents care about. And obviously, this is not unique to the people of doven not unique to the people of dover. People up and down the country have concerns about the conservatives failures on housing, on migration, on security. Theyre looking to labour and they see that labour has a plan on those issues. And that obviously is what Natalie Elphicke has backed as well by deciding to cross the floor to labour yesterday. What then do you say to mish rahman, whos a member of labours ruling National Executive committee, who says this makes the party look grubby, he said shes never occupied the Centre Ground in her time as an mp and says he said the labour party should be in the business of changing the country, not saving the careers of tory politicians who are swimming away from a sinking ship. Look, i have a lot of respect for mish. I know him very well. I know that he is someone who cares passionately about housing and about particularly the impact on children of deprivation, the impact of those failures on housing. And so what i would say to mish is to really encourage him, if he hasnt already, to read that statement that Natalie Elphicke released yesterday, because i think when he reads it , there will barely he reads it, there will barely be a sentence in it that he disagrees with. Shes been absolutely clear about her reasons for saying no to the conservative party and yes to laboun conservative party and yes to labour. And i think thats something, frankly, that everyone in the labour party can recognise, because they will be seeing it on the doorstep again. Im sure that mish has seen this talking with people who used to support the conservative party before, who now realised the conservative party cant deliver that change, and that its only labour that has got a plan to turn our countrys fortunes around. You say that this is a principled matter. Absolutely. Non transactional fair enough. Can you guarantee then , that if can you guarantee then, that if labour come to power, she either wont be given a job advising the labour party or will not be given a peerage . Given a peerage . So obviously any such thing would be in the gift of the leader of the labour party. But certainly from my point of view, as labour party chair, there was no transaction here. There was no transaction here. There was no promise of a peerage and so forth. Absolutely not. This is a decision as set out in her statement, that is very much rooted in her constituents concerns. And obviously , natalie concerns. And obviously, Natalie Elphicke, as i mentioned before, shes not the first conservative mp to have taken this decision. Mp to have taken this decision. Shes the third conservative mp to have put her constituents first, their interests, their needs first and recognise that they need and deserve change, that theyre not going to be given that change from the conservatives and that it is only labour that has got a plan to get britain building again and actually give our country its future back. Okay. Chair of the labour party, Anneliese Dodds, good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. Lets return to olivia utley in westminster. And we want to ask you about Nadhim Zahawi. But ive got to ask you about what Anneliese Dodds was saying when she. I mean, its a valid point to make, isnt it . Youve got concerns of my of her constituents, natalie elphicks constituents. Not being addressed by the conservative party. So shes defected. And party. So shes defected. And that sounds fine on the surface, but shes always said her concerns, the constituents concerns, the constituents concerns were not being met because the conservative party wasnt going far enough. When labour doesnt even go as far by any stretch of the imagination, it doesnt make any sense, does it doesnt make any sense, does it . It . Well, absolutely. I mean, if you look at it purely through a housing lens, then it does sort of make sense. Natalie elphicke her entire record suggests that shes always wanted to see more, building more planning, reform, etc. The conservatives havent delivered that, mostly because of the sort of Home Counties seats, rural seats where their core voters sort of on the whole, more elderly people dont want to see new houses being built, often for very legitimate reasons. But the conservatives have not delivered on planning reform, and labour might do that. If you look at it through that. If you look at it through that lens, it sort of makes sense. If you look at it through the immigration lens. And of course, for Natalie Elphicke, who is the mp for dover, right on the front line of illegal immigration, you would think that would matter quite a lot to her constituents, but it doesnt make very much sense at all. She has consistently said that the conservative party havent gone far enough in tackling illegal immigration. She is known in the conservative party as an immigration hardliner. And whichever way you look at it, labours plans for tackling illegal migration are much less robust than the conservatives. So from that perspective, it really doesnt make very much sense at all. Which is why all of them murmurings that perhaps shes in it for Something Else. Anneliese dodds theyre saying that this isnt something transactional. Well, i think well just have to wait and see what happens to Natalie Elphicke after the next general election. After the next general election. And olivia did just want to ask you about Nadhim Zahawi, who has announced that hes going to stand down as a tory mp at the next election. A very romantic Resignation Letter from Nadhim Zahawi. Zahawi. It was a very romantic Resignation Letter , i rather Resignation Letter, i rather liked it. He is the mp for stratford on avon. He says that his most, most famous constituent is william shakespeare, and there are a number of shakespearean quotes in there. He ends it with parting is such sweet sorrow. He parting is such sweet sorrow. He talks about some of his successes in government and actually even though he had to stand down over the hmrc investigating him over his tax affairs, he is still a pretty popular politician within the conservative party. He is admired for setting up yougov and of course his back story is really impressive. This is not the kind of mp who rishi sunak wants to be losing at this election, and we are now up to 68 conservative mps standing down before the general election in 1997, that figure got up to 75 by the time of the election. 75 by the time of the election. Will we be hitting the same sort of figure, and does that suggest we are on on course for the sort of landslide that blair saw in 97 . Okay , olivia, for now, thanks okay, olivia, for now, thanks very much indeed. Very much indeed. Now, economists predict that Interest Rates are expected to stay the same at 5. 25, which is a 16 year high. Well, as well as inflation figures , the latest forecast figures, the latest forecast estimating what will happen to inflation and the economy will also be released. Well, joining us now to give us our analysis is our economics and Business Editor liam halligan. Good to see you this morning. Liam. What are we morning. Liam. What are we expecting to happen at midday . Well were expecting Interest Rates to stay where they are at 5. 25 where theyve been since august. It will be the sixth time in a row that the Monetary Policy committee, thats the nine economists at the bank of england who decide Interest Rates, including the governor, Andrew Bailey , the sixth time in Andrew Bailey, the sixth time in a row theyve kept Interest Rates where they are. There we wont actually get the inflation data until later this month. But data until later this month. But we know on the latest data, inflation was 3. 2 in march, which is still well above the bank of englands 2 target. I think we will see the bank signalling that rate cuts are coming sometime time this summer, maybe in july , maybe summer, maybe in july, maybe even the month before. But for now, rates are going to hold where they are, and actually we, i only think theres going to be 1 or 2 Interest Rate cuts this year rather than three, which has previously been the estimate. But although there is concern about inflation, theres arguments as to whether this move actually affects the inflation rate or not. With the type of inflation weve been suffering from , but but what suffering from, but but what about growing the economy , kick about growing the economy, kick starting the economy . Wouldnt a cut to base rate actually help that . Indeed, lots of gb news viewers and listeners will be living on fixed incomes, pensions , and they actually want pensions, and they actually want Interest Rates to go up. Yeah, and Interest Rates are only a little bit above the rate of inflation. So the real return on your savings is still very, very small, having been negative for many years. So lets not think that everybody wants a rate cut. But youre right, stephen. Of course, in general, when you cut Interest Rates, it means you have more investment. It means house prices tend to go up because people can afford bigger mortgages. People then do equity release. It does tend to give the economy a bit of a boost, if only a bit of a sugar rush. But certainly if Interest Rates come down, i do think well get more growth. But i cant see interest growth. But i cant see Interest Rates coming down a huge amount before the next general election. This has been the tory strategy, hasnt it . Lets play the long game. Lets wait until october. November. We can get more tax cuts in. Maybe the bank of england will cut Interest Rates 2 or 3 times by then, get an economic feel good factor going. Labour takes this idea seriously. Thats why Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, was using a word earlier this week that many of us wont know what it means unless were sort of, you know, 16 year olds shouting at our parents. Gaslight ing, she said. She said the tories are gaslighting the pubuc the tories are gaslighting the public on the british economy. What does that mean . It means theyre trying to tell us things are Getting Better when theyre not Getting Better. And the tories are out of touch with how real people live. That was the shadow chancellors tune anyway. But look, i do think youll get some sense today. The Interest Rates are coming down and that will mean that in the marketplace, Interest Rates will come down because Interest Rates arent now seen to fall in the future as quickly as they were. Weve actually seen Mortgage Rates go up in the last few months , because Mortgage Rates months, because Mortgage Rates tend to follow where Interest Rates are going to be in three, four, five years time. If youve got a fixed rate deal. So look on a on five year money, youre paying on a on five year money, youre paying a lot more than you were just a few months ago. But i think those Mortgage Rates after today when we get some warm words from the mpc saying, look, no rate cuts now, but theyre coming soon, i think well see a tick down in Mortgage Rates. For many people buying and selling homes, this is a nightmare because they dont want to be paying because they dont want to be paying higher Interest Rates than they otherwise would. If they think an Interest Rate cut is coming down the line. Very difficult stuff to get your head around. But look , this is what around. But look, this is what makes the world go round. This is this is money. This is real peoples finances. And we need to take time to explain it. Yeah, well, thank you for explaining it to us, liam halligan. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much indeed. All right, lets get a check on the weather for you this morning with alex. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. This morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. There is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise its going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest that is here. There is quite a bit of cloud and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine sunny weather around, lots of blue skies and in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. Temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. Theres a good chance that were going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius towards the south east and even further north. Despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily little change as we go through this evening and overnight. Sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. Otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. So once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. It wont be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. Lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities , holding up in double cities, holding up in double figures. Again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning. And then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. Still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland , its going to be drier scotland, its going to be drier and brighter than today. 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Well lets speak now to former royal correspondent for the sun and the author charles rea, who joins us now. Good to see you this morning, charles. I mean, i think a lot of people will say that harrys done so much damage to the royal family. The king has every right to say hes too busy to see him. But i just find it really sad. Said, well, good morning early. Good morning steve. Of course, its really sad. Nobody likes to see a family at war with each other, and certainly not on this scale. But i mean, the harsh reality is that prince harry has made his bed and hes got to now lie in it. And i think what weve seen over the last couple of days is the how wide the rift is between, him and the rest of the family. And, you know, he comes over here expecting to see his father. Hes. Then he has to put out a statement saying his dad cant see him because hes hes hes too busy, and the big telling snub of all is the fact that they announce that charles will be with his other son, william, on monday to hand over the, the honour of being colonel in chief of the Army Air Corps, which was harrys old regiment. Now they could have waited for that announcement. Today when harry flies out or tomorrow. But they chose to do it beforehand. Now, thats basically putting harry back in his box. Yeah, but. And yeah. Look, yeah, but. And yeah. Look, you can understand some people would cheer that on and go, well, great, he needs to be put back in his box. But in terms of actually ever having a reconciliation , which were led reconciliation, which were led to understand, the king would like this just sets it back, doesnt it . Im not so sure that the king is quick to have a reconciliation with his son to be perfectly honest. I mean, there is a question of trust for a start off. I mean, there are people like william and camilla the queen saying to charles, look, you know , youve got to be very know, youve got to be very careful with things that you say to him because they always end up in some American Television show or program, whatever else. I mean, there is a lot going under the bridge, as ive just said, you know, you cant trash the family the way he has, and meghan has, you know, with oprah winfrey, with spare, with the netflix programs and expect, you know, the king then to say, forget about it. You know, come back in. Were all were were all happy again. I suspect, though, that harry im im getting the feeling that harry wants to have a better relationship with the family, but it may well be too late for that now, it is interesting to note, charles, isnt it, that the spencers were there yesterday at saint pauls . Yeah. Yesterday at saint pauls . Yeah. Lord spencer was there, as was his sister, lady jane fellowes, they were both at saint pauls. So hes got some relationship with, you know, a good relationship, i understand, with the other side of the family as well, which was nice for him. There. Look what harry has done for the Invictus Games. You cannot fault him. Its im full of praise for him, for his work, for his service to the country as a soldier and everything else. But its the rest of the stuff thats the problem. Not the fact thats the problem. Not the fact that hes, you know, in charge of or sorts out the Invictus Games or anything else. Its the rest of it is the problem. Rest of it is the problem. Youre a sensible man, charles. I mean, we never see meghan now over in this country. Sure. How much of this do we think this tension has been caused by meghan . Caused by meghan . I would say the best part of it to be perfectly honest, i never believed that meghan would ever set foot in this country again. And i still hold to that view. I dont see her coming here at all. Now. Shes due to meet harry in nigeria when he flies out today, because theyre going to go on a visit to nigeria, where it will be Invictus Games based , but you Invictus Games based, but you know, meghan, im afraid i was a big supporter of meghan when she first came into the royal family. I really thought she was a breath of fresh air. It was absolutely fantastic. And when you saw her and harry in the early days together out on the streets, it was a good old days of , you know, everyone in the of, you know, everyone in the streets cheering, wanting to see her. She had everything. I mean, the fact that she was an actress and the fact that she was a mixed race didnt matter at all. And i just, i was very , very sad and i just, i was very, very sad with the way things have turned out. And im afraid that all that lies at meghans doorstep. That lies at meghans doorstep. Okay. Okay. Charles rae. Good to see you this morning. Thank you very much indeed. You its very sad, isnt it . The whole thing is very sad. Yeah yeah, it really is. It really is. Is. It really is. I is. It really is. I dont he must have had some underlying unhappiness or dissatisfaction, with, with his position. Yeah, but if shes stoked all of that, shes not doing anyone any favours. And as charles says, maybe its too little too late now. Its too little too late now. Too much has happened. Cant row back from it i dont know maybe not. Let us know what you think gb news. Com your say okay dont go anywhere. Weve got all the sport. Mr paul coyte has got your sport this morning. Hello. Hello morning. Ive had some complaints. Im not surprised. Im not surprised. Oh, what do you mean , youre oh, what do you mean, youre not surprised . What . What . Holly, firstly. Sorry. Polly. Holly, firstly. Sorry. Polly. Polly is, sent a tweet and says love watching the show . Oh, great. Thats always nice. Thats a good start with the positive. Thats what they always. Whenever you get told off at work, they always start with a positive. Love watching the show. But can you give andy murray the respect and credit he deserves . Hes a fantastic sportsman who love, who loves and hes passionate about tennis. Thats why he still playing i am many fans want to see him play and well be sad when he retires. Of course were the same. Absolutely love, andy murray and ive never had a go at andy murray. Do you know are you a fan of andy . No, im not a fan of andys. Ill say polly, ill tell you. Oh, im not a fan. Very good, very good player. About time he gave it up and hes so blooming miserable. I dont think he is, though. I dont think he is, though. I dont think he is, though. I think he is very well, its just because thats the way he talks. I know, but i dont think hes a chance. I think hes a wonderful honestly. I think hes a great ive never met him. Ive interviewed his mother, ive never met him. But i just say, cheer up, andy. Right, okay. Give up. You absolutely minted. So polly. Its him. Its not me. Me. No, im not a fan. No, im not a fan. How about this for monday . Thank you. Gb news from paul coyte for announcing the result of the grand prix. Not everyone can watch it live, and i was looking forward to watching the highlights. Even a blind man could see the result on screen. Totally spoilt it for me. Good result though. So thats so. So i dont know whether there should be an amnesty then, or maybe after a sporting event happens that i leave it a couple of days before i talk about it, possibly a week. Well, thats going to thats going to make your top story interesting. Then it is how are you going to do this . So what we do is that they 90, so what we do is that they go, well if you dont know the result, look away. Now. The result, look away. Now. The result is real madrid two Bayern Munich one oh sorry, i didnt mean i mean cover your ears. Sorry. Im sorry. Ive got it wrong. I can never quite get that off your radios. I know, but a great result for real madrid. Not so good for Bayern Munich, although they were one nil up up until the 85th minute. And then harry kane was taken off, two goals from joselu, who was complete surprise package. 34 years old. Played played in engush 34 years old. Played played in english football at stoke. He was like a reject for stoke and now playing at real madrid, scored two goals and real madrid are now in the Champions League final. 1st of june and they will play final. 1st of june and they will play Borussia Dortmund right. Oh good on him. Oh good on him. Yeah good on him. Yeah good on him. We talk about sir Jim Ratcliffe. Yeah. Now sirJim Ratcliffe yeah. Now sir Jim Ratcliffe has come in and obviously has now come in and hes trying to take hes taking over Manchester United. Although he doesnt, he doesnt have a major stake but hes in charge of the footballing side of Manchester United. But it seems that everything he is involved in and people arent so happy. So it said at the training ground, the atmosphere is toxic. After criticism from sirjim , he sent criticism from sirjim, he sent a memo, saying he was disappointed in the state of the of the training ground, that it was untidy. Talking about he doesnt want anybody working from home anymore. He said, from home anymore. He said, youve got to get into the office. Dont want any of this working from home business. If you want to work for us, you come in and work. So. And if you dont like it, then then get another job, dont like it, then then get anotherjob, hes. Hes put. Im afraid i was struck in many places by a high degree of untidiness. Places by a high degree of untidiness. In particular, places by a high degree of untidiness. In particular, the untidiness. In particular, the it department, which was frankly a disgrace in the dressing rooms of the under 18 and under 21 were much better, much better when you got 18 year olds and 21 year olds. The bedrooms, i mean, you train, you expect discipline, discipline, discipline, discipline, discipline. Thats thats it. He discipline. Thats thats it. He said the standards would not come close to what he had at his ineoss chemical company. Come close to what he had at his ineoss chemical company. The ineoss chemical company. The email has not gone well, so people are not allowed to work from home. Although its thought that casimiro , who hasnt been that casimiro, who hasnt been playing well, maybe itd be best if he did work. Yes so just squeeze. Youve just got time to squeeze in a tiny bit of olympic flame because you like to do it every hour. I do love the eternal flame, the olympic flame. Its arrived in france. Its on the mainland. Lets have a look. Its arrived in marseille , im not going to in marseille, im not going to get bored of this. By the way, weve probably got too months of this. Every day i will feature the flame. Im going to get the flame in here. So that ship there is called the bell. Ill jump there is called the bell. Ill jump in before you get it wrong. Its the bell. M Florent Manaudou , the x swimmer, held it manaudou, the x swimmer, held it first. He didnt have it for long. There he just held it from the belgium straight there to manhattan. Cato, whos a manhattan. Cato, whos a paralympian, 400 metre champion. Shes. She hasnt got far to go before. She then passes it to on the marseille born rapper. One of my particular favourites, jill. Jill. Jill. There you go. Go on. Jill. Jill. Come on. By the way, theres no music playing whatsoever. No, theres music in jills head all theres music in jills head all the time. So there we are. I mean, the thing is, hes waving it around. Im just scared the it around. Im just scared the flame is going to go out. So then he goes to the cauldron. He goes to, like, the olympic ring. There he is. There he is. There he is. There we are. And the olympic ring is about to be lit. Is it . And keep your hands away, jill could get dangerous. No, no. Try it again. Hes now feeling nervous because its not lighting. Its no ones. Turn the gas oii. On. Yeah, its turn, turn, turn the gas on. There it is. There it is. There it is. There we are, there we are. There we are, there we are. 10,000 people carrying the flame. More than 400 towns and territories across france. Oh, well, its the last well see of the berlin. The berlin, blm, the blm, blm, blm. Blm, blm. Excellent. Excellent. Thank you. Paul coyte. Thank you. Paul coyte. I look forward to more tomorrow. Tomorrow. Yeah. Yeah. So why thank you. So why thank you. Who knows where that flame will be . Oh, no. Oh, no. Who knows where its going next . Do stay with us. Were going to be going through the papers with Scarlett Mccgwire and Charlie Rowley. Thats next. What is going on here are Charlie Rowley and Scarlett Mccgwire here to take us through the papers , we better start with that. We probably should. Yeah. We probably should. Yeah. Now, charlie, this is insults. Who are dying out there. Theyre dying out. Yes. Good morning. Were dying out. Good morning. Were dying out. Its. Its front page of the daily star that you held up earlier on where a generation z dont know some of the z. Charlie z. Sorry. There you are. Thank you for english. You know, generation z dont know half of the terms that are used or have been used in previous shows that are still aired on national television, like the only fools and horses. So the word plonker isnt used anymore. If you describe somebody as a plonker, then people get highly offensive and there are others, some of which i cant read out. You can, which i cant read out. You can, theyre all fine. And stevens giving you the green light ive given you the green light ive given you the green light. Theyre all fine in the star. Theyre all fine in the star. Well, it is, and its in the national newspaper. But you know, i blighter, ninny drip. Have you ever been called dnp . Dhp . Drip . Drip . I think drip is still used. Ive heard that its still used, but, you know, the its high percentages of young people today. Never heard these these, these words before, which i think is, well, i dont quite know what to think of it, but i can understand not knowing. Lummox and balm pot. Theyre a little bit old fashioned, maybe. I used to get called a balm pot by my grandparents all the time. What does balm pot making mean . Just like, crackers. Just like, crackers. Oh, right. Just like, crackers. Oh, right. No wonder he just like, crackers. Oh, right. No wonder he got oh, right. No wonder he got called up. Called up. Apparently, young people are saying things like, youre such a karen now as an insult. Karen. Karen, meaning youre overly demanding. And whats the other word we used earlier . I dont know, but thats what it means to me. But i think thats not a very nice for people called karen. Thats not really. Thats not really. No, no. No, no. Well, karen is supposed to be white racist woman in. Yeah. Oh. Is she. I didnt know that about karen. Yeah, yeah, yeah , i think its i think its. Yes. Thats what a karen is. Yes. Thats what a karen is. Oh right. Yeah. Yeah. Oh right. Yeah. Yeah. Bampot is a scottish term meaning a fool. Yeah. According to the daily star, were your were your grandparents scottish , were your grandparents scottish, no. No they werent, but, i think any excuse to , just insult think any excuse to, just insult your way, frankly, i know , yeah. Your way, frankly, i know, yeah. So im glad plonk is on their toe rag. Tosspot ninny. Toe rag. Tosspot ninny. Do you use any of those . Scarlett no, no, i dont think. I mean, i think theyre all great, but no, i dont i dont use that. When im being reasonably polite. Its a wuss , and i think polite. Its a wuss, and i think im quite rude about quite a lot of. I am very rude to stephen. She is actually, i can she really is. She really is. But but i put up with it. Its fine, scarlett, lets have a look at the guardian, should we . Labours going to change the law on fire and rehire, right. This is. This is so fire and rehire is the classic is what happened to piano is they fired everybody and then they rehired them at much lower rates, so , i them at much lower rates, so, i mean, theyre not paying anybody, the minimum wage and, and, and much worse things. And theres been a big argument with theres been a big argument with the unions is that labour said when they came in, they theyd have work proper workers rights. And the unions say, but youve youve watered down everything youve watered down everything you promised to us. So theyve brought back and said, we will do fire and rehire. And also so we will do things like, say that you have to have Union Recognition at places like amazon , because amazon will not amazon, because amazon will not let the unions in. And actually, whats so stupid is a lot of big organisations, places like amazon that have a lot of workers, find it really convenient having unions because it means that they have somebody to negotiate with and somebody comes in and is sensible about about things, but the problem with amazon, of course, is, is, is that , that they do not treat is that, that they do not treat their workers well at all. Well, so its alleged. Well, so its alleged. Its alleged. Well, i have its alleged. Well, i have spoken to a lot of union people who have to deal with amazon people, and it isnt isnt it really is not good news. And if it was okay, theyd let the unions in and then theyd be able to negotiate properly. But this is just another u turn, it seems to me, because its on the back of the story last week about zero hours contracts where, you know, i think there is a place for zero hour contracts. And i think labour have vowed to get rid of them, because people do want the flexibility. But now theyll, therell be a two tier system where some people will be zero on zero hour contracts if they want to remain on them, and therell be others on, on these fixed term contracts. Its just labour again, not really knowing what its doing. No. But actually youve on zero hours contract contracts. You have hit the nail on the head. Is you have hit the nail on the head. Is that is that for some people its convenient. Yeah. And for other people its a nightmare. Its terrible. And for other people who actually depend on i mean, its fine for students who can who can fit zero hours around and they dont mind some week they work some weeks they dont. If youre trying to live on a zero hours contract and you at the beginning of every week, you have no idea how many hours youre going to work where youre going to work where youre going to work, whether youre going to work, whether youre going to earn any money, then its really, really terrible. So you do have to have some flexibility , but actually some flexibility, but actually you have to say to employers, most vie, we do not want zero hours contracts, but we do allow flexibility. But the unions were pretty cross , i can tell you. Pretty cross, i can tell you. I mean, there is there has been a back and forwards with the unions and labour about this because, Angela Rayner who charlie likes talking about Angela Rayner actually promised that there would be there would be proper , workers rights which be proper, workers rights which which we need in this country. Ive reframed. Ive refrained from talking about angela raynen no, youve done very well. No, youve done very well. No, youve done very well. You have. She has been. She has been a bit of a plonker when it comes to her, perhaps sneak that into you. Lets talk about stag dos, charlie. Yes, please. Why not . Now, if youre going to, prague anytime soon, if youre going on anytime soon, if youre going on a stag do or maybe a hen party, even at some stage youre going on a hen party anytime. Its not planned yet and its not planned yet. Your invites in the post. Oh thank you. Oh thank you. I am available. I am available. Oh, he could be the stripper in more ways. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh, too early for that. Oh, too early for that. Yes , the collar on my neck. Yes, the collar on my neck. Yes, the collar on my neck. But stag dos in a in prague the local council are planning potentially to ban fancy dress. Now its a popular destination for stag and hindi parties for lots of different reasons, but you know, if youre planning on going, do check before you travel because you might be at risk of having your, fancy dress or your night wear or whatever youre going out in that evening. And a band surplus to requirements , it might be. To requirements, it might be. So whats the problem . Its just too ruckus, too raucous. Raucous or ruckus. Either or. And. And the local people are sort of saying that they dont. They dont want it anymore. But there is someone, a local councillor, prague councillor called adam zabransky, has criticised the moves because who decides what is to from sumptuous, where thats a word. And thank you. Thank you. And and thank you. Thank you. And all those years of watching countdown, and or and what isnt. So who actually decides whats appropriate to wear in that town, in that club, on a night out . They the council cant really decide at the minute, but its under its under review. So if youre going on a stag do, if youve got a fancy dress costume, well, im just going out the website this has come from, im looking at their prague website, stag do things , why any woman lets her things, why any woman lets her husband go or fiance go. One of these i do know theyve got jelly wrestling with a load of scantily clad women, or roly poly intimate show. Yes , i mean ive only pony show. Well, its like strippers, but larger. Not related to me, im afraid. Its not this roly , but afraid. Its not this roly, but but the other problem with stag dos is that they put off other people from going to prague, that actually while you have hindus and stag dos sort of screaming drunk all over the place, which wont be like youre hindu, obviously, ellie, but sadly were out of time. On that note, it might be exactly like her head and do. Who knows . Thanks both very much indeed. Thank you, both of you. Lets have a look at the weather now. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. There is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise its going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. There is quite a bit of cloud, and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine sunny weather around, lots of blue skies. And in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. Temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. Theres a good chance that were going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius towards the south east and even further north. Despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily, little change as we go through this evening and overnight. Sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. Otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. So once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. It wont be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. Lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities, holding up in double figures again , any mist double figures again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning. And then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. Still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland, its going to be drier and brighter than today. Again temperatures climbing a little bit further. So for many it may even feel a bit warmer than today. Once more, ill see you again soon. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsor of weather on good morning to you. Its 9 00 on thursday. The 9th of may. Today, sir keir starmer is met with a backlash from his party after accepting defecting tory mp Natalie Elphicke. Well, the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, distanced herself from the mp when we spoke to her this morning. I dont really know her, to be honest. Shes very much on the more of the right wing of the more of the right wing of the party. I mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and a big liz truss supporter. I believe, so i dont really know her personally very well. Tory heavyweight Nadhim Zahawi says he wont stand at the next general election, leaving rishi sunak and the tories in even more turmoil. The Prime Minister claims universities have a moral duty to protect jewish students amid a rise in pro palestine protests at king charles and prince harry attend separate events just two miles apart as princess dianas Family Support the duke at the invictus Anniversary Ceremony yesterday. Economists predict yesterday. Economists predict Interest Rates will stay the same at lunchtime. Liam halligan same at lunchtime. Liam halligan has more. Has more. Thats right, stephen. The bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee, that team of nine economists who set Interest Rates, theyre making their announcement at 12 00. Ill be outside the bank of england. The smart money for now on no change. Interest rates staying at 5. 25. The home secretary announces a russian diplomat is set to be expelled from the uk for spying away from the far north. Today its going to be a fine picture, plenty of blue skies and even warmer than yesterday. Ill have all the details coming up. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello and this is breakfast on. Gb news. Theyre breakfast on. Gb news. Theyre being very nice to us on the views today. Oh, william says my wife natalie says she loves you always. Colour matching. She says it colour matching. She says it looks like youre going to a wedding today. It sort of does, doesnt it . It does. I suppose. Yeah. And ive got to start. According to wilhelmina, ive got to start looking for an extra special tie for your wedding. I dont know what im going to wear. No, i dont know what youre going to wear. We should discuss that. You see, at least we get on very well. Like a Little Family here, and a lot talking about harry and charles and all the rest of it, mike says no sympathy at all. He says, stop saying its a shame about the king and prince harry. All actions have consequences. Hes reaping what hes sown. You are a tough lot, actually , harry. No. David says harry has made his own bed, and until he changes the sheets, things will not change, lucia says hell never be a reconciliation man whilst meghan is in the picture. Sort of fear that might picture. Sort of fear that might be right. Yeah not that you wish anyone to. Maybe too much has been said. Maybe too much has been said. And james says good for charles. Harry is only after more netflix content. Well, apparently at content. Well, apparently at that ceremony. So there were there were some booing there were booing in the crowds, really, as prince harry entered the into saint pauls. Yeah. I dont know how loud it was , and dont know how loud it was, and different News Agencies are saying different things, but apparently there were were boos in the crowd. So its not good, is it . No. Well, things may change, which are going to take a very long time. I think youre right. I think youre right. Yeah, right. Lets have a look at politics for you this morning. Because the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer, is facing a backlash from part of his party. Yes. This comes after the dover mp, Natalie Elphicke, announced her decision to defect to the opposition. Just two minutes before Prime Ministers questions yesterday. Well, questions yesterday. Well, earlier, the education secretary, Gillian Keegan, distanced herself from the former tory mp. I dont really know her, to be honest. Shes very much on the more of the right wing of the party. I mean, i know all parties are a broad church, but she was kind of an erg member and, big liz truss supporter. I believe so, i dont really know her personally very well. I mean, whilst its disappointing to see colleagues 90, disappointing to see colleagues go, this one does not look like a good fit. I mean, i think most people are very, very surprised. People are very, very surprised. It seemed to come to a surprise to most mps and yeah, it shows really a real lack of principles i well, meanwhile, chair of the labour party, Anneliese Dodds, seemed to completely understand why Natalie Elphicke defected. Of course, the conservatives could not deliver on what they were promising, and the only labour had that plan to get our pubuc labour had that plan to get our Public Services off their knees to deliver the homes that people need and the change that our country is crying out for. Well, many say that sir keir starmer has welcomed an mp that had called for a crackdown on immigration and openly supported the rwanda scheme. Well, earlier we spoke to our Political Correspondent olivia utley. Utley. Strange about this defection is normally when you have a defection, you hear sort of crowing and gloating from the benches to which the mp defected, and you hear sort of wails of misery from the benches from which they departed. In from which they departed. In this case, that is not whats happening at all. There are conservative mps who sound pretty happy to be rid of her, making jokes about how, almost all conservative mps were to the left of Natalie Elphicke. She was an erg member. She was a member of the new conservative group, another group of right wing right wing mps set up by miriam cates and danny kruger, and of course, she stood by her ex husband even when he was convicted of sexual offences. She wasnt a particularly popular mp in the conservative party. So actually most of the sort of crowing and gloating seems to be coming from the conservative benches. And labour feels pretty annoyed about the whole thing. There are lots of labour mps, particularly female labour mps, particularly female labour mps, particularly female labour mps, who dont think that keir starmer should have accepted Natalie Elphicke into the party, not only because of her views, but because she did stand by Charlie Elphicke as he went through this sexual abuse case. And even when he was convicted, she said that hed been punished for being attracted and attractive to women. Now, that is not the sort of comment you expect to hear from someone from any politician, really. But but from a woman on the labour benches in particular. There are lots of people saying perhaps keir starmer shouldnt have accepted Natalie Elphicke into the party at all. Maybe it would have been at all. Maybe it would have been a better look to say, look, a conservative wants to join us. But we arent just the party for people who are fed up with the conservatives we have our own set of values. That said, i mean, were looking at this from a very westminster perspective. Were right in the bubble looking on at how people are feeling in westminster on the news. If you if youre just someone who listens to the news headlines, which lets remember most people do, then what youll hearis most people do, then what youll hear is that a conservative mp has defected to labour. I mean, at first everyone assumed that Natalie Elphicke just knew which side her bread was buttered on and wanted to retain her seat at the next general election. But as you say, that doesnt seem to be the case. What does she want . I mean, there are cynical rumours around westminster that she wants to get out of politics altogether and get a peerage, under a new labour government. Her entire record suggests that shes always wanted to see more building, more planning, reform, etc. The conservatives havent delivered that, mostly because of the sort of Home Counties seats, rural seats where their core voters sort of on the whole, more elderly people dont want to see new houses being built, often for very legitimate reasons. But the conservatives have not delivered on planning reform, and labour might do that. If you look at it through that. If you look at it through that lens, it sort of makes sense. If you look at it through the immigration lens. And of course, for Natalie Elphicke, who is the mp for dover, right on the front line of illegal immigration, you would think that would matter quite a lot to her constituents. It doesnt make very much sense at all. She has consistently said that the conservative party hasnt gone far enough in tackling illegal immigration. She is known in the conservative party as an immigration hardliner. And whichever way you look at it, labours plans for tackling illegal migration are much less robust than the conservative ones. So from that perspective, it really doesnt make very much sense at all. Which is why all of them murmurings that perhaps shes in it for Something Else. Anneliese dodds theyre saying that this isnt something transactional. Well, i think well just have to wait and see what happens to Natalie Elphicke after the next general election. After the next general election. And olivia just did just want to ask you about Nadhim Zahawi, who has announced that hes going to stand down as a tory mp at the next election. A very romantic Resignation Letter from Nadhim Zahawi. Nadhim zahawi. It was a very romantic Resignation Letter , i rather Resignation Letter, i rather liked it. He is the mp for stratford on avon. He says that his most, most famous constituent is william shakespeare, and there are a number of shakespearean quotes in there. He ends it with parting is such sweet sorrow. He talks about some of his successes in government and actually even though he had to stand down over the hmrc investigating him over his tax affairs, he is still a pretty popular politician within the conservative party. He is admired for setting up yougov and of course his backstory is really impressive. This is not really impressive. This is not the kind of mp who rishi sunak wants to be losing at this election, and we are now up to 68 conservative mps standing down before the general election in 1997. That figure got up to 785 by the time of the election. 785 by the time of the election. Will we be hitting the same sort of figure, and does that suggest we are on on course for the sort of landslide that blair saw in 97 getting interested . Thats olivia utley there for us. Liam halligan joins us in the studio now because were talking about Interest Rates expected to stay the same. Liam they are indeed, ellie. Sorry, were just talking about mancinis. Mancinis. Oh, there we go. From one to the other. Potential wedding attire. Not for you. Oh, it looks like your mike. Liam. So we will just turned on. Is it on . Check it, liam. So we will just turned on. Is it on . Check it , check it. Is it on . Check it, check it. In the meantime, while we sort that out, stand on. Yeah, right. Stand on. Yeah, right. Well sort that out. Liam. In the meantime, lets talk to andrew and nana to find out whats coming up. But were together. But were together. It is nice together with you. Is it the first time ive been on nana show . Many times. Very, very honoured to be on nana show. But weve never presented together. Im honoured to be the first. Andrew. Peter. Oh, what a lovely duo. Yes. Yes. Makes you unique. Nana makes you unique. Nana it looks like a naughty schoolboy with his, your collars i your collars out, andrew. Your collars out, andrew. Is it right . Is it right . Right there you go. Right there you go. Right. So what have you got for us today . Well, were going to talk about this defection thats hideously backfired on the labour party. Hideously. Ive written about her in the paper today. Natalie elphicke. I havent found a labour mp who thinks its a good idea. Apart from keir starmer. He didnt even clear it with his own chief whip because this woman is pretty toxic. Very hard line on immigration. Huge supporter of the rwanda bill, which of course starmer is going to repeal even if it works. To repeal even if it works. Anti abortion and Rachel Reeves very famously, the shadow chancellor said, something four letter word off when she criticised Marcus Rashford for missing that penalty back in 2020. A bit awkward on the labour front bench. Very awkward because Angela Rayner thinks shes ghastly to takes one to know when you might argue that deputy labour leader. Argue that deputy labour leader. So its quite, quite a hotchpotch. Hes hes created there. Oh but Angela Rayner, its gone very quiet on the angela raynen gone very quiet on the Angela Rayner. Theyre not mentioning anything yet are they. Hes anything yet are they. Hes quite good at sort of keeping things down when it needs to , things down when it needs to, weve also got a little story and this is really sweet, these little bloom women, they put all these lovely flowers out in cambridgeshire and they make the town look gorgeous and some jobs worse. And the council has worse. And the council has decided, oh, no, you have to pay £165 for a health and safety, some sort of Risk Assessment before you can do, before you can put flowers out. Its terrible because theyre sort of putting them on street lights and things like that. I mean, obviously that could be risky, but theyve been doing it for years. Donkeys years. Donkeys years. Its incredible. Its incredible. And also its gone mad. And also its gone mad. The world has gone mad. Im also talking about you may be, if youre watching or listening, struggling to get your prescription drug. There are shortages and were going to talk to some pharmacies to try and find out what thats about. All those celebrities on ozempic, i think is part of the problem. Yeah. Stephens on his epic. Stephens on his epic. I am not, im not. I wouldnt like this if i was on the snp. Oh, thatd be nasty to wait. Last one, in case youre wondering. No, you havent got a zombie face. You look fabulous. Oh, thank you. You tell him that, would you . All right. Well see you two a little bit later on. Thank you. See you at 930. See you at 930. Lets see if weve sorted liams mic out. Can you hear me . Can you hear me . Oh, we can now. Oh, we can now. Weve got you loud and clear. Weve got you loud and clear. All right, lets talk 5. 25 to stay. Do we think . Do we think . Yeah, that seems to be the case. Interest rates have been at 5. 25 since last august. The bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee, the nine economists who set Interest Rates, theyve kept Interest Rates, theyve kept Interest Rates at 5. 25 for six meetings in a row, why are Interest Rates not coming down . Because inflation is still quite high. Its still 3. 2. The bank of englands target is 2. But but but having said all that, i think were getting to the point today. And ill be reporting from the bank of england at 12 noon when the decision will be released. I think what well get today, stephen and ellie, is some mood music from the bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee, saying that Interest Rates should be coming down soon. I do think were going to get an Interest Rate cut by june or july. Get an Interest Rate cut by june orjuly. I dont think were or july. I dont think were going to get three Interest Rate cuts in before a general election, which is what the tories have been hoping for. But we should get one and we may even get two. Whats changed then . Liam because at the start of the year it sounded very positive, didnt it . There was talk of even 5 or 6 Interest Rate cuts before 2025, and now were looking at 1 or 2 because inflation has proved to be sticky, stubborn, very difficult to get down. Its proved to be the opposite of transit tree, which the bank of england insisted it would be all the way through 2021 and into 2022, even when inflation was very, very high. Inflation is proving difficult to reduce, not just here but in the us as well. Theres speculation that in the us the next move in Interest Rates could be up because inflation is not going away. Commodity prices are still high. Oil price is still high. You know drivers will tell you that theres no sign of prices coming down on the forecourt. On the contrary, petrol and diesel prices have been going up. Now, if the bank of england cut Interest Rates, that wouldnt do anything to affect oil prices. But its very hard for them to cut Interest Rates when inflation stays high and those High Oil Prices will keep inflation relatively high. We wont get an Inflation Numbers today. We wont get that until later this month. But i do think well get mood music from the bank of england that the next move will be down and it will come quite soon. All right. Fingers crossed liam. Thank you. Well catch you a little bit later on. Thank you very much indeed. Now weve just got enough time to tell you about our Great British giveaway. Its our biggest one yet, isnt it . £20,000. Heres how you can be a winner. The next Great British giveaway winner could be you with a massive £20,000 in tax free cash to be won. Imagine how youd react getting that winning call from us. Hi, my name is phil cox and i won the Great British giveaway. Id say why not . Its what . What is it . The price of a text and £2 to enter. And if i can win it, anybody can win it. 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No, but his ties are from a designer, which i wont share because theres lots of designers available, but theyve got little cats on them. Oh have they . Oh have they . So that would be perfect for you. It would be very nice, but they probably cost a fortune. I think they do. I think they do. Yes. Yes. Whereas these are buy from a well known Online Shopping site, and theyre about £6 each. Yeah and youve got loads. You can match my dress match an outfit. £6, but yes, thats the way to go. I think hes got them in loads of different colours. So this is from kim ford on twitter who said, if youre looking for tie inspiration, look no further than this. And im sure Ellie Costello will approve as well. So yeah, kim, thank you very much indeed. If anyone would like to donate to funding tie fund ties this cheap and cheerful, thats what i go for. Because then you can have lots of them. You have lots of them. And then should you spill some of your pot noodle . Its not the end of the world. So you do get home and have a pot noodle. Oh, i havent had one for ages, but actually its put me in the mood now. Yeah, this is what happens on this show. We talk about things, then you go home and eat them, eat them. So we talk. Whenever we talk about chippies, i end up in the chippy. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. So we need to stop talking about. Oh, we havent done that for ages. We havent done that in a while. Thats what happens. So no, you shouldnt be on a diet. I am on a diet. I am on a diet. You dont need to be 50. You dont need to be 50. Ive got to look after myself anyway. Ive got nothing to worry about for you yeah. 9 20. Now the Citizens Air Raid Memorial Service has been held in hull to honour more than 1200 civilians who died in the city during world war ii. Us hull suffered 82 air raids, making it the second most bombed city in england. During bombed city in england. During three days between the seventh and 9th of may 1941, it killed more than 400 people. Our yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story. Yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story. Hull, yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story. Hull, the yorkshire reporter anna riley has the story. Hull, the uks second most bombed city during world war ii. It was targeted due to its strategic port. More than 1200 civilians lost their lives, 95 of hulls housing was damaged or destroyed. This week, a Citizens Air Raid Memorial Service paid tribute to those who died. We have separate celebrations and commemorations for those that fell in service during dunng that fell in service during during the military service, so this is more about the residents and the citizens of the whole city that were lost during the war. So its more importantly for them to remember that we were we were bombed heavily. There was many civilians , women, there was many civilians, women, children, men all killed during the second world war. So it was important for that. Censorship meant the true extent of the devastation was largely unknown to people outside of hull until after the war. Its a massive part , and its its a massive part, and its on the right side of the country ready to go across to europe. So as far as that goes, hull was a massively important port at that time. The government of the time didnt want hull to be known as as the bombed city. So they were saying a Northern City to try and detract from the fact that it was actually hull that was bombed. They didnt want the germans to know, i think, how badly affected hull german air raids killed 400 people in the hull blitz between the seventh and 9th of may in 1941. This service commemorated the 300 men, women and children buned 300 men, women and children buried in unmarked graves in the citys northern cemetery. Citys northern cemetery. Were showing respect to those that did die and those that dont have a named grave. So by doing this Small Service, everybody will know where they are buried. And its with respect that we do it for them. Respect that we do it for them. I think a lot of civilians, paid the price because they were doing the Dangerous Things, because the men were away in the war. So they were really looking after the country. You have to remember. Otherwise we probably remember. Otherwise we probably wouldnt be here today. You wouldnt be here today. You know, if the war had gone a different way, it could have been totally different. We remember before you now , we remember before you now, those whose lives were lost in the dark days of war from our city and family of kingston upon hull. Hull. For the civilians Emergency Service workers and armed forces that gave their lives for ours, we will remember them and oreilly gb news hull. Oreilly gb news hull. So right that those civilians are honoured in that way. So right that those civilians are honoured in that way. So are honoured in that way. So thank you to anna oreilly for that report. Thats it from us today. We are back tomorrow, arent we . We are 6 am. Bright and early. Up next is britains newsroom with andrew and nana. A brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on. Solar, sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Morning. Heres your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. There is a bit of mist and fog around first thing this morning, but otherwise its going to be a fine day for many of us away from the far north northwest thatis from the far north northwest that is here. There is quite a bit of cloud , and there will be bit of cloud, and there will be some outbreaks of drizzly rain through much of the day, but elsewhere across the bulk of the country, plenty of fine sunny weather around, lots of blue skies and in that sunshine it is going to feel pretty warm. Temperatures up a little bit compared to yesterday. Theres a good chance that were going to see highs of around 23, possibly 24 celsius towards the south east and even further north, despite the slightly cloudier skies, temperatures getting into the high teens quite easily. Getting into the high teens quite easily. Little change as quite easily. Little change as we go through this evening and overnight. Sticking with the thicker cloud and some drizzly rain across far northern parts and a few spots elsewhere across parts of scotland. Otherwise, lots of areas having a dry and at times clear night. So once more we will see a few pockets of mist and fog developing. It of mist and fog developing. It wont be a particularly chilly start to the day tomorrow. Lots of places, particularly in the towns and cities, holding up in double figures. Again, any mist double figures. Again, any mist and fog patches will relatively quickly burn back as we go through tomorrow morning, and then once more, another fine picture across the bulk of the country. Still a little bit of drizzly rain, perhaps for orkney and shetland, but really for many northern central parts of scotland, its going to be drier and brighter than today. Scotland, its going to be drier and brighter than today. Again, and brighter than today. Again, temperatures climbing a little bit further. So for many it may even feel a bit warmer than today. Once more, ill see you again soon. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Well, look who im with today nana akua. Were looking forward to it. First time weve ever presented together. Lots to talk presented together. Lots to talk about, particularly that tory mp who defected. Oh yes. Hugely who defected. Oh yes. Hugely backfired on the labour party. I mean, what were they thinking even taking her on . Its just absurd. And if you answer, you did such a good piece in the daily mail, i must say, if you havent read it, read it, it will tell you everything you need to know about Natalie Elphicke. But also, were running out of drugs, it seems. Apparently are prescriptions. Were going to talk to a pharmacist about why there is this problem. Maybe its affecting you. Let us know. Do do do text email. The usual address. Britains newsroom nana morning. 930 on thursday, the 9th of may. This is britains newsroom on gb news. With me, andrew biz and nana akua. Well, an own goal for labour. Sir keir starmer is met with backlash from the left wing faction of his party after accepting defecting tory mp Natalie Elphicke. Here she is. Natalie elphicke. Here she is. Sir keir starmer labour have changed and i think that change is going to bring a much Better Future for our country , and future for our country, and thats why im so keen to join the labour party and play my part in bringing that important future forward. Future forward. Astonishing. The former chancellor and education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, is going to stand down at the next election. He is the 64th tory mp to stay there, going oh well, protect jewish students. Protect jewish students. Prime minister rishi sunak urges universities to take a zero tolerance approach to anti semitism and critical medicine shortages. Maybe its affecting you. Pharmacists in england warning drug stocks are so low in england that patients are at an immediate risk of harm. Well find out why. Find out why. And the boss of the pub chain wetherspoon says that guinness is now a fashionable drink and in his words, not just for old blokes like him. Tim martin yes, he joins us later. Well, we do you like guinness . I do, you know, i think it looks good. Yeah, it looks good. It tastes like. It tastes like iron filings. You know what i mean . Its supposed to be full of iron and it tastes like it. You know what i mean . I did drink it when i was in ireland because i thought i had to. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, i only had